Memory for AI Agents is a filing system, not a file

Every AI agent wakes up with amnesia. This post details the Kelp codebase which runs two completely separate memory systems, one for the coding agent and one for the product. I argue that truely useful AI memory is a real subsystem with tiers, citations, expiry dates, and garbage collection. The hardest part isn’t recall; it’s knowing what to keep, what to supersede, and when to throw something…