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Agents don't need memory, they need documentation

363 points · 259 comments · kmeh

isaachinman · 1791068697 · focus · HN ↗
I wrote this, after many iterations consulting for various companies. Documentation is queryable in single digit ms, append only log, etc. Has worked exceptionally well for my projects
<a href="https://github.com/isaachinman/encephalon" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/isaachinman/encephalon
1. mzhaase · 1791101442 · focus · HN ↗
  Do agents actually follow it though? Everything I tried that was not just simple instructions had the same failure mode : ADR, mnemonic, hindsight, code-review-graph, etc were simply ignored by agents after a while. They always fall back to their baseline: grep and Python.
  1. isaachinman · 1791156730 · focus · HN ↗
    Yes, they do. Feel free to give it a try. Not shilling or trying to promote anything. Just sharing what has been a huge boost for my productivity.

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