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    "displayName": "Unified Agent Memory",
    "description": "Unified Agent Memory as a cross-cutting topic — compatibility layers\nand shared protocols that allow multiple agent products to read from and\nwrite to a common memory store. The core problem: each coding agent has\nits own memory format and location, so a developer switching between\nClaude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf must maintain separate memory files\nwith duplicated or drifted content. Unified memory layers (memories.sh,\nagentmemory, memsearch patterns) address this by defining a canonical\nstorage layout that all participating agents can read. The four-type\ntaxonomy (session / semantic / episodic / procedural) is the emerging\nschema for unified memory, with memories.sh as the reference\nimplementation. Key design tensions: storage format (plain files vs\nvector DB), update semantics (each agent writes independently vs a\ncentral service mediates), and conflict resolution when two agents\nwrite different values for the same fact.\n"
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