Whose memory is this?
Distinguishes tooling residue, principal-owned domains, and independently owned agent brains, then governs engagement and retirement.
I05 Companion Memory
RETAIN
Retention, Engagement, Thresholds, Admission, Identity, and Non-nesting
Is this memory residue, yours, or another mind’s?
01 READ THE SYSTEM
Spec versus field.
Every module keeps the formal idea separate from Spencer’s lived implementation. The interface can be playful without pretending a draft standard has been satisfied.
Companion Memory
Long-running AI collaborators, mandates, memories, handoffs, lessons learned, copy expiry, and ownership boundaries.
Draft means draft.
The source is under active development. This page is an interpretation and field notebook, not the normative specification and not a conformance claim.
02 FIELD TOPICS
What belongs here.
These topics are publishing hooks, not formal spec registers. A single field log may belong here and cross-reference several other modules without being copied.
- 01Agent memorychannel ready
- 02Mandateschannel ready
- 03Collaborationschannel ready
- 04Handoffschannel ready
- 05Retirementchannel ready
03 FIELD LOG
Receipts from real life.
Writing, experiments, intake notes, resources, and journal entries are published once and indexed against every system they touch.
No public field logs yet.
The RETAIN channel is wired. Reviewed journal entries, experiments, and resources will appear here without duplicating them across connected systems.
04 LINKED SYSTEMS
Follow the signal.
No module explains a life by itself. These are the nearest crossings, dependencies, and useful next views.
↔Peer link · Operates insideBLUEPRINTHow is knowledge held?←From linked system · Governed byDEFERWho may decide?←From linked system · Constrained byPOLARISWhat is this life for?↔Peer link · Separates memory from residue withTRACEWhat did the tools leave behind?↔Peer link · Crosses custody throughCONFIDEWhat may the brain tell a model?↔Peer link · Exchanges copies throughSPEAKWhat crosses to another brain?