Separate short-term context from durable memory or documentation.
Define the minimum information model that must survive the current session.
Choose storage, compression, retrieval, and update boundaries deliberately.
Call out trade-offs, failure modes, and evaluation signals.
Recommend the smallest next architecture or workflow improvement.
Pack fit
Included in: context-systems
Keep examples generic, privacy-safe, and portable across hosts.
Boundary
Do not recommend heavyweight memory architecture for short-lived tasks that do not need persistence.
1---2name: memory-systems3description: >4---56# memory-systems78## Intent9- >1011## Default operating pattern121. Separate short-term context from durable memory or documentation.132. Define the minimum information model that must survive the current session.143. Choose storage, compression, retrieval, and update boundaries deliberately.154. Call out trade-offs, failure modes, and evaluation signals.165. Recommend the smallest next architecture or workflow improvement.1718## Pack fit19- Included in: `context-systems`20- Keep examples generic, privacy-safe, and portable across hosts.2122## Boundary23- Do not recommend heavyweight memory architecture for short-lived tasks that do not need persistence.
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