Reject “Remember Everything”
The AI should not treat the entire conversation as durable memory.
Capture
Total memory seems like the ideal personalized coach.
The AI should not treat the entire conversation as durable memory.
Why
Total memory seems like the ideal personalized coach.
Why-Not
- probabilistic memory is unreliable;
- synthetic statements may become false canon;
- stale context may be resurfaced;
- private or irrelevant details may accumulate;
- corrections may not propagate;
- parallel pages may merge.
Exact memory schema and selection rules.
Commit
Decision: The AI should not treat the entire conversation as durable memory.
The decision becomes a constraint on future product behavior and public positioning.
Public boundary: This ADR publishes the judgment and product boundary while withholding exact prompts, routes, thresholds, schemas, tests, and other reproducible implementation details where applicable.
Confidence: Medium-high for public architecture; implementation details remain private and subject to launch evidence.
Timestamp
2026-07-17