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+No memory yet.
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+AI agents store knowledge communicated by humans that they should remember across sessions in `MEMORY.md` files.
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+## Before modifying this file
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+Read this file's format at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brillout/ai-memory/refs/heads/main/memory.md