memory
Topic files, vector search, keyword search, consolidation. How the system remembers.
- EssayContext as a first-class artifact: the /deep-context pipelineStop hoping that relevant information will fit in the context window. Start manufacturing a task-specific context file before the task begins. The mechanism, the receipts, and the benchmark that gates it shipping.
- EssayMemory that sleeps: a tiered memory architecture with daily consolidationA two-tier retrieval system (semantic plus keyword), canonical topic files as curated truth, and a nightly consolidation pass that promotes session insights into the canonical tier. Why each piece exists and what fails without it.
- EssayA personal AI operating environment: worked example and receiptsWhat happens when one person uses an AI coding assistant as the primary interface to a real physical and operational life, and systematically fixes every failure that occurs along the way.