/compound-memory

namespace: aiwg
name: compound-memory
platforms: [all]
description: Orchestrate governed persistent project memory across immutable evidence, llm-wiki, line-memory, reviewed session candidates, generated outputs, and bounded context packs.
triggers:
  - use compound project memory
  - ingest sources into persistent memory
  - review memory candidates
  - maintain line memory and wiki
  - build a memory context pack
  - capture an output into memory

Compound Memory

Use this driver for the persistent compounding-memory pattern. It coordinates existing capabilities; it does not replace their storage, review, indexing, or promotion mechanics.

Start with readiness:

aiwg compound-memory status --json

Governed workflows

1. **Ingest** — preserve the source unchanged, calculate its identity and digest, then route long-form material through `memory-ingest` and llm-wiki. Route session transcripts through `aiwg sessions import` and `extract`. 2. **Retrieve/use** — query llm-wiki or the artifact index for linked detail; use `aiwg compound-memory context <task> --budget <characters> --json` to merge relevant line facts and wiki evidence. Add `--no-touch` for inspection. Never inject the complete stores into startup context. 3. **Write/capture output** — register the output and its source/context-pack lineage before proposing any extracted facts as session candidates. Run `aiwg compound-memory capture-output <file> ... --json` first, review the immutable digest and minimized references, then repeat with `--confirm --operation-id <preview-operation-id>`. This creates registration and index receipts only; it never promotes knowledge. 4. **Manage** — use exact-version candidate review and preview promotion to the declared `memory` or `line-memory` consumer. One reviewed candidate may produce independent receipts for both consumers. 5. **Review/update** — independently accept, reject, or defer proposed facts. Start from `aiwg compound-memory review --limit 50 --json`, then inspect and decide through the exact-version sessions commands. Workspace identity changes require a separate explicit review gate. For canonical context, run `aiwg compound-memory update <target> <key> <value> --source-ref <ref> --reviewer <id> --reason <reason> --json`, review its diff/conflicts, then repeat with the exact operation ID and `--confirm`. This never refreshes provider adapters. 6. **Maintain** — preview pruning, deduplication, contradiction repair, orphan repair, and index refresh. Confirm only the reviewed mutations. Preserve lifecycle tombstones and source-purge dependent dispositions. The compound command's confirmation may replay pending output registrations; all other actions remain delegated to their owning review workflows.

Until the compound-memory lifecycle ADR is accepted, do not invent a new automatic promotion path. Use the existing commands and receipts named above, and treat generated/model output as untrusted proposed knowledge rather than ground truth.

References

• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/compound-memory/docs/overview.md
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/line-memory/skills/line-memory/SKILL.md
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/llm-wiki/skills/llm-wiki/SKILL.md
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/semantic-memory/skills/memory-ingest/SKILL.md