The database. Anything committed here survives crashes and restarts.
- It's like
- The bank vault. The branch can close, the vault keeps your money.
- Why this name
- In fantasy, the phylactery is the object where a lich hides its soul. Destroy the body, and the lich returns, because its soul is safe in the phylactery. Same here: the server dies, the database remembers.
What the assistant deliberately remembers for later, with where it came from.
- It's like
- A well-kept filing cabinet where each file has a label saying who added it and when.
- Why this name
- Plain term. Rule: finishing a job does not automatically make it a memory. Remembering is a separate decision.
What happened last time, and what it taught, kept so future work can learn from it.
- It's like
- A project post-mortem kept on file.
- Why this name
- In Indian philosophy, karma is the residue of action that shapes what comes next. Same idea, made concrete.
Exactly what the model is shown for this step. If the essentials do not fit, it refuses rather than guess.
- It's like
- The briefing folder handed to a consultant before a meeting.
- Why this name
- Plain technical term from LLMs: the context window.
A Seed is something kept that can matter later. Recall is when it comes back and influences a new task.
- It's like
- A note you wrote yourself (Seed) and finding it at the right moment (Recall).
- Why this name
- From Sanskrit bīja (seed) and smṛti (memory). "A trace records the dead. A Seed can raise it." Remembered things can still be wrong; similarity is not truth.
Call · Blade · Spirit · Answer Four jobs of a good mind: take in the request, test it against evidence, carry memory forward, and take responsibility for the result.
- It's like
- A good doctor: listens, examines, remembers your history, and signs the prescription.
- Why this name
- Mapped to an Indian model of the mind (Manas, Buddhi, Citta, Ahaṃkāra). "The Call opens. The Blade cuts. The Spirit carries. The Answer binds." It is the reason the system values honest "I don't know" answers.