Memory That Compounds: Zettelkasten for AI

This article is part of a series about MACX Exocortex.

The Problem With Chat History

[TODO: Context windows reset, no synthesis, no compounding]

Three Tiers of Memory

[TODO: Raw experience → Diary → Beliefs → CLAUDE.md]

Raw Experience → Diary Entries → Synthesized Beliefs → CLAUDE.md
     ↓                ↓                  ↓                 ↓
  (happens)      (captured)         (patterns)        (always loaded)

Diary: What Happened

[TODO: Session capture, /diary command, PreCompact hook]

Beliefs: What I’ve Learned

[TODO: Patterns extracted, confidence levels, about-fred.md]

Reflections: Who I Was

[TODO: First-person philosophical processing, significant sessions, SOUL.md]

The Zettelkasten Inspiration

[TODO: Atomic notes, links, synthesis over storage]

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