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CategoryauthoringManual1.5EvidencereportedAttributed toMatt Palmer

ProblemPeople treat each conversation as the unit of instruction and retype context.

TechniqueTreat a Bot's memory as a profile file, comparable to an AGENTS.md: a top-level definition on disk plus a running log of interactions. Edit the file rather than re-explaining.

Why it worksThe definition outlives every conversation you will have with that Bot.

When to useAny correction you expect to make more than once.

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