Cognitive Memoryconcept

Sovereign cognitive memory is a 7-layer local-first memory system (sensory, working, short-term, long-term, semantic, episodic, procedural) that an agent compiles and queries rather than re-deriving each turn.

Compile-time memory is the application of compile-time AI to an agent's own state — pay the reasoning cost once, serve cheap lookups forever after.

Where it appears

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Historical evolution

The Sovereign Memory Bank deepened local-first cognitive memory (2026-07-15); SKC is its compile-time realization.

Implementation details

Upstream MemoryRuntime does O(index) lookups against static artifacts; no reasoning at query time.

Sources

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