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  "_kind": "MemorySystem",
  "_file": "domain/knowledge-fabric/memory-systems.yaml",
  "_cluster": "domain",
  "attributes": {
    "displayName": "Instruction File Hierarchy Pattern",
    "description": "The canonical instruction-file memory pattern used across coding agents:\na filesystem hierarchy of instruction files where project root → nested\ndirectories → user home forms a layered scope. Each level can provide,\nextend, or override instructions from outer scopes. Implementations\ninclude CLAUDE.md (Claude Code, Pi), AGENTS.md (Codex, Amp, Gemini CLI,\nGoose, OpenCode), .cursorrules and .cursor/rules/*.mdc (Cursor),\n.clinerules (Cline), .windsurfrules (Windsurf), and .roorules (Roo Code).\nThe pattern is version-controllable, diff-readable, and requires no\nruntime infrastructure. Cross-agent convergence is visible: Cursor added\nAGENTS.md support, Pi adopted CLAUDE.md. The hierarchy depth and merge\nsemantics (override vs append) vary by agent but the core pattern —\nscoped instruction files loaded at session start — is universal.\n",
    "memoryKind": "file-based",
    "persistence": "project-scoped",
    "autoExtraction": false,
    "consolidation": "manual",
    "storageFormat": "markdown",
    "privacyFilter": false,
    "deduplication": "none"
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