Memory operations, including retrieval, prioritization, compaction awareness, should be native and baked into the harness. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭…

Memory operations, including retrieval, prioritization, compaction awareness, should be native and baked into the harness. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. Speaking from my own experience, the decoupled memory and harness design isn't as compelling as it sounds. I have a git repo as a brain for my agents. The harness (Claude Code) reads the files without knowing WHEN to read them or WHICH ones matter more. It is a shame that my agents all have great memory but they just don't use it proactively, because retrieval is a skill I forced on top, not a native harness behavior.

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Source: Harrison Chase (X) | 2026-04-13