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  "id": "topic:memory-type-taxonomy",
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  "_file": "domain/topics/topics-knowledge-patterns.yaml",
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    "displayName": "Memory Type Taxonomy",
    "description": "Memory Type Taxonomy as a cross-cutting topic — the classification of\nagent memory into distinct types with different persistence, update,\nand retrieval semantics. The four-type model (popularized by memories.sh)\nidentifies: session memory (volatile, cleared per run — equivalent to\ncontext window scratch space), semantic memory (persisted facts and\npreferences — the \"what I know\" layer, typically memory.md), episodic\nmemory (dated logs of past interactions — the \"what I did\" layer,\nsupporting retrospection and audit), and procedural memory (workflows\nand reusable task patterns — the \"how I do things\" layer). This taxonomy\nmaps to cognitive psychology's memory model (working memory, semantic\nlong-term memory, episodic long-term memory, procedural long-term\nmemory) and provides a principled framework for deciding what to\npersist, where, and for how long. Different agent products emphasize\ndifferent memory types: Claude Code primarily implements semantic memory\n(MEMORY.md), Cline emphasizes structured semantic categories, and\nmemories.sh is the only system that explicitly models all four types.\n"
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