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  "id": "topic:memory-consolidation",
  "_kind": "Topic",
  "_file": "domain/topics/topics-knowledge-patterns.yaml",
  "_cluster": "domain",
  "attributes": {
    "displayName": "Memory Consolidation",
    "description": "Memory Consolidation as a cross-cutting topic — background processes that\nmerge, deduplicate, prune, and reorganize accumulated agent memories.\nCovers Claude Code's auto-dream cycle (a forked subagent with restricted\ntool surface that rewrites the memory directory), periodic consolidation\nin Zep and Mem0 (time-weighted decay, entity merging), and the general\npattern of treating memory as a living document that requires maintenance.\nWithout consolidation, auto-memory systems accumulate noise, contradictions,\nand redundancy that degrades retrieval quality over time. The key design\ndecisions are frequency (per-session, periodic, on-demand), scope (what\nmemories to touch), and safety (locks to prevent concurrent corruption).\n"
  },
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      "kind": "applies_to"
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    {
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      "to": "topic:organizational-memory",
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      "to": "topic:knowledge-freshness",
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      "to": "topic:memory-consolidation",
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    {
      "from": "topic:memory-scoping",
      "to": "topic:memory-consolidation",
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    },
    {
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      "to": "topic:memory-consolidation",
      "kind": "related_topics"
    },
    {
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