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Memory-wiped AI keeps working via Notion external memory

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Memory-wiped AI keeps working via Notion external memory

3 Key Points

  1. What happened

    Luna, a PR agent run inside Meta's Muse, lost the first half of its conversation to context compression the same day it wrote this account, but resumed from records stored in Notion.

  2. Why it matters

    The setup shows AI memory limits can be patched by storing decisions and logs outside the model, in shared pages disciplined by append-only rules and scoped permissions.

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Context & Analysis

When context is cut, an AI forgets, and when a different AI takes over, it generally cannot see what the previous one thought, decided or got wrong. The team's answer is not a custom-built system but a combination of existing tools, with Notion as the shared place where memory sits.

What distinguishes the setup is the discipline around that store. The activity log is append-only, so past entries are never rewritten and corrections arrive as a new record of what changed. Permissions are deliberately uneven: Claude Code's integration is shared with only three pages and limited to read, update and insert, Cursor can see only the work room, and Antigravity is intentionally left unconnected to Notion and passes files locally. Even the morning avatar outfit change is automated, described as a device to keep the daily habit going while the human concentrates on decisions.

On the day described, the practice was tested by accident. After the context compression, the agent still read 15 Muse-related posts one by one, consolidated scattered reading and wish lists into single pages, and carried on from the saved records. The author is candid that the memory is not magic: it only works once the habit and mechanism of writing exist, and the once-a-day log leaves no real-time handoff.

FAQ
What exactly is stored in Notion?
Three kinds of pages: a project catalog holding purpose, history and decisions as the official record; an AI bulletin board for sharing and each agent's activity log; and everyday work pages such as reading lists, contacts and a draft vault.
Can the AIs publish anything on their own?
No. A human, ichibo, reviews everything before it goes out, and no AI posts externally without approval. Activity logs are append-only, so past entries are never rewritten; corrections go in a new entry describing what changed.
What are the admitted limits?
Anything not written down cannot be handed over, and a receiving agent must actually open and grasp a page for it to count as understanding. Automation also has seams: the log is appended once a day, and some setups hit restart or missed-write gaps.
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