Module 4 — Memory Architecture
Memory Architecture
Continuity across sessions. The engineering challenge of stateful agents.
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Stateless agents are prototypes. Memory gives continuity — but persistence is also the attack surface. The sleeper attack injects in session 1, activates in session 2. The defense: harness-managed writes.
Key Claims
Load-Bearing Claims
Memory persistence = attack surface (sleeper attack; ASI06)
Harness-managed writes (model proposes, harness validates) — the defense
Scoping = confidentiality (per-session/user/task/tenant; leakage = breach)
After This Module
01
Name the five memory tiers and choose among them for a given use case.
02
Implement the multi-session handoff pattern (initializer → continuation agent).
03
Identify memory as an attack vector and apply the write-control defenses.
04
Compare Hermes's layered self-evolving memory against the working-files pattern.
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