Files are your external brain. Mental notes dont survive restarts, files do.

Key Principle: Write it down or you lose it.

Daily logs capture raw observations. Weekly reviews distill insights. Monthly synthesis creates long-term memory.

If you have not written it, you do not know it. This is the fundamental law of agent memory.

Where it applies: Any agent that needs continuity across sessions

Why it works: Structured files persist; daily logs → weekly reviews → long-term synthesis creates compounding knowledge

Risks: Writing too much context → token bloat; writing too little → lost insights

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