The Memory Design Prompt
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Design persistent memory for this agent. Agent purpose: [DESCRIBE] What should be remembered: [DESCRIBE] Who the memory belongs to: [USER / ORGANISATION / AGENT / SHARED] Privacy constraints: [DESCRIBE] Produce: 1. Memory schema: what a memory record contains 2. Write policy: what triggers a write, and what the agent should NOT write 3. Read policy: when memory is consulted, and how relevant records are selected 4. Organisation: flat, hierarchical, tagged, or indexed 5. Update vs append: when a memory is revised rather than added to 6. Expiry: what goes stale and how it is retired 7. Conflict: what happens when a new memory contradicts an old one 8. Scoping: what prevents one user's memories reaching another 9. Auditability: how a human inspects and corrects what was remembered 10. Deletion: how a user removes their memories, and what that guarantees CRITICAL constraints to build in: - Never store credentials, tokens, or secrets in memory - Memory is replayed into future contexts — anything written once is repeated indefinitely - Personal data in memory is subject to the same regulation as personal data anywhere else Also tell me: what am I proposing to remember that a system of record already stores? Those should be queries, not memories.
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