Agent Memory Across Sessions: Beacon, claude-mem, or notes.md?

Short-term context answers what happened in this conversation. Long-term memory answers why a decision was made last week. These are different problems.nnA notes.md file is human-readable and version-control friendly. Automated memory tools can capture and compress work history, but they need clear deletion, privacy, and noise controls. An independent memory layer such as Beacon aims to make retrieval available across tools. VelaNote can serve as the human-readable knowledge layer, with MCP access for Claude or Cursor when explicitly authorized.nnGood memory is not about remembering everything. Each item needs a source, date, confidence, and deletion path.

Sources

See the linked primary sources in the Chinese edition.