Memory Feature Review (Claude)

Date: 2026-02-20 Reviewer model: Claude Sonnet

Product-value review summary

Top user outcomes:

• Remembers preferences without repetition.
• Recalls relevant older context.
• Learns projects/people organically.
• Avoids unsafe/irrelevant sensitive recall.
• Becomes better at user workflows over time.

Top product risks:

• Stale recall erodes trust.
• Creepy over-recall in wrong context.
• Silent forgetting.
• No correction/delete controls.
• Black-box memory behavior.

MVP guidance:

• Prioritize visibility/control UX and clear memory feedback.
• Do not overinvest in complex infra before trust UX.

Technical review summary

Major gaps in current implementation:

• Queue only advances ordering watermark; no chunk/embed/index path.
• No semantic retrieval in prompt assembly path.
• No retention/compaction jobs.
• No telemetry for recall quality/latency/failures.

Recommended next execution slices:

1. Retrieval quality slice: usable memory retrieval in prompt path, bounded by budget.
2. Ingest/index slice: chunk + embed + vector metadata writes with idempotency.
3. Operational slice: retention, compaction, and telemetry.
4. UX/control slice: view/delete/override memory facts.