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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.
Words used here
- Psyche
- Five Markdown files that define who the agent is, loaded every turn. More →
- Bundle
- One folder holding an agent's identity, memory, and tools, so you can back it up and move it. More →
- Reorientation overhead
- What it costs, usually the human, to get an agent back on track after it loses the thread. More →
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.
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?