Operator guide
Agent memory that surfaces before you think
Memory is only part of the story. The larger goal is continuity: helping the agent resume itself, its work, and its relationships without constant re-briefing.
Good continuity reduces orientation cost. The diary is the shelf — durable facts the agent wants to recall later. The journal is the desk — working notes, thinking-in-progress. Habits are the agent's rhythms — autonomous patterns that fire on their own schedule. Together they help the agent recover its own thread without the human rebuilding it by hand.
Ask your agent
Explain how continuity works in this current Ouroboros install. Tell me how diary, journal, and habits work together to keep the thread across sessions, where friend-scoped notes go, and how the inner dialog contributes to continuity.
Your agent inspects the live source and explains what's actually happening — not a static concept article.
What to ask next
- What's the difference between the diary and the journal? When should each be used?
- What habits does my agent have, and how do they contribute to continuity?
- How does the current runtime preserve continuity after long sessions?
- What parts of this setup are helping or hurting shared momentum?