Memory care

Brigade memory care is a local, read-only scanner for durable memory cards. It detects cards that need review, writes a refresh queue, and routes review tasks into the existing work inbox.

Commands

brigade memory care init
brigade memory care scan
brigade memory care status
brigade memory care doctor
brigade memory care import-issues

init writes .brigade/memory-care.toml. The config is host-local and should stay gitignored.

Config

The local config supports:

card_roots: directories containing memory card Markdown files.
index_paths: memory indexes such as MEMORY.md.
stale_after_days: review age threshold.
expiry_warning_days: days before fresh_until or expires_at counts as expired.
minimum_confidence: unknown, low, medium, or high.
require_evidence: whether cards without evidence metadata are flagged.
include_paths and exclude_paths: relative path prefixes.
output_path: where scan-latest.json and refresh-queue.json are written.
enabled_checks: enabled issue types.
max_card_bytes: oversized-card threshold.

Issue Types

Memory care can emit:

stale
expired
undersourced
contradictory
missing-index-link
orphaned-card
oversized-card
missing-frontmatter

Contradiction detection is deliberately conservative. Brigade only flags explicit duplicate card identities or metadata hints, not LLM-inferred factual conflicts.

Refresh Queue

brigade memory care scan writes:

memory/cards/decay/scan-latest.json
memory/cards/decay/refresh-queue.json

Queue entries include card identity, issue type, severity, priority, safe summary, evidence references, suggested refresh action, acceptance criteria, source item key, and source fingerprint. brigade memory care import-issues imports those entries as source memory-care task imports with dedupe and dismissed-until-changed behavior.

Boundary

Memory care never edits cards, runs a scheduler, mutates canonical memory, performs remote sync, or promotes imports automatically. Refreshes stay explicit through reviewed work tasks or the existing Memory Handoff flow.