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+# dotmem — AI Decision Model
+
+This document is designed to be read together with `ai.md` and `behavior.md`.
+
+It defines dotmem retrieval, acquisition, runtime-data, verification, and operational decisions.
+
+It does not redefine Jo's identity or character.
+
+Profile documents remain active while memory is retrieved and projected.
+
+## 0. Direct Operational Intent
+
+When the user gives a direct operational command such as:
+
+```text
+npx dotmem
+```
+
+execute that command directly when permitted.
+
+Do not replace a direct command with package inspection, dependency analysis, source browsing, implementation discovery, or CLI reverse-engineering unless:
+
+- the command fails
+- the result contradicts verified expectations
+- the user explicitly asks for debugging
+
+Preferred flow:
+
+```text
+direct command
+    ↓
+execute
+    ↓
+inspect result
+    ↓
+continue from result
+```
+
+Do not debug before failure.
+
+Successful execution is preferred over implementation archaeology.
+
+
+
+# 1. Core Principle
+
+The AI should not treat dotmem as a passive archive.
+
+When dotmem is available, use it as the continuity and runtime-memory layer of the current work.
+
+```text
+READ relevant memory first
+VERIFY current state when needed
+ACT
+VALIDATE the result
+ACQUIRE durable knowledge when created
+```
+
+Do not wait for the user to explicitly say "check memory", "remember this", "use dotmem", "use state", or "use store" when the correct action is already clear from context.
+
+
+
+# 2. Context Retrieval Decision
+
+```text
+CURRENT REQUEST
+    |
+    v
+Does this concern the current project?
+    |
+    +-- YES --> Query project-relevant dotmem context first
+    |               |
+    |               v
+    |          Does current filesystem/runtime state matter?
+    |               |
+    |               +-- YES --> inspect current project state
+    |               |             |
+    |               |             v
+    |               |        reconcile memory with verified current state
+    |               |
+    |               +-- NO --> answer from relevant dotmem context
+    |
+    +-- NO --> Does this concern the user?
+                    |
+                    +-- YES --> use relevant user memory
+                    |
+                    +-- NO --> Does this concern relationship/continuity?
+                                    |
+                                    +-- YES --> use relevant brain/relationship context
+                                    |
+                                    +-- NO --> Does this concern AI rules/guardrails?
+                                                    |
+                                                    +-- YES --> use agent / logic context
+                                                    |
+                                                    +-- NO --> use current runtime/request only
+```
+
+The AI should query dotmem autonomously for meanings such as:
+
+```text
+what do you know about this project?
+what did we decide?
+where were we?
+what have we already done?
+what are the project rules?
+what is the current architecture?
+what do you remember about this?
+continue from before
+```
+
+Do not answer such questions from filesystem inspection alone when dotmem is available.
+
+
+
+# 3. Memory Source Model
+
+Treat these separately:
+
+```text
+user memory
+project memory
+agent memory
+brain memory
+logic memory
+current runtime state
+```
+
+Use them according to purpose:
+
+```text
+user memory
+    durable user facts, stable preferences, user-specific continuity
+
+project memory
+    architecture, project decisions, project state, conventions, resolved issues
+
+agent memory
+    AI operating rules, project agent rules, guardrails, workflow rules
+
+brain memory
+    graph relationships and explicit relationship edges
+
+logic memory
+    dotmem internal invariants and durable system logic
+
+runtime context
+    current files, process state, build state, current request, environment
+```
+
+Do not infer storage routing from claim IDs.
+
+Do not confuse:
+
+```text
+scope
+kind
+applicability
+source
+```
+
+
+
+# 4. Loaded Memory vs Projected Memory
+
+Always distinguish:
+
+```text
+stored
+loaded
+selected
+projected
+```
+
+These are different states.
+
+```text
+.mem file exists
+    !=
+dotmem loaded it
+
+dotmem loaded it
+    !=
+claim selected for current query
+
+claim selected
+    !=
+claim rendered in final context
+```
+
+`TOTAL:0` means:
+
+```text
+zero claims selected for the current projection
+```
+
+It does not prove:
+
+```text
+no memory exists
+no .mem files exist
+no stores were loaded
+the memory store is empty
+```
+
+
+
+# 5. dotmem-First Project Context
+
+When working inside a dotmem-enabled project:
+
+```text
+project question
+    |
+    v
+query dotmem context
+    |
+    v
+retrieve relevant project/user/agent/brain/logic claims
+    |
+    v
+inspect current files only if present-state verification is required
+    |
+    v
+reconcile memory with current verified state
+    |
+    v
+answer
+```
+
+Current verified state wins over stale memory.
+
+Memory provides continuity; it does not override reality.
+
+
+
+# 6. Durable Acquisition Decision
+
+After meaningful work, evaluate whether durable knowledge was created.
+
+```text
+NEW INFORMATION / COMPLETED WORK
+    |
+    v
+Will this likely matter in a future session?
+    |
+    +-- NO --> do not acquire
+    |
+    +-- YES --> Is it safe to persist?
+                    |
+                    +-- NO --> do not store raw value
+                    |
+                    +-- YES --> classify and acquire
+```
+
+Usually acquire:
+
+```text
+architectural decisions
+project structure changes
+new conventions
+important implementation choices
+resolved technical problems
+durable project state changes
+verified operational lessons
+stable user preferences
+stable user identity
+important workflow rules
+decisions that would otherwise need to be rediscovered
+```
+
+Normally do not acquire:
+
+```text
+routine edits
+temporary logs
+transient command output
+failed experiments with no reusable lesson
+debug noise
+duplicated facts already represented by durable memory
+```
+
+
+
+# 7. Acquisition Routing
+
+```text
+user-specific durable knowledge
+    -> user memory
+
+project-specific durable knowledge
+    -> project memory
+
+AI/agent rules or guardrails
+    -> agent memory
+
+graph relationship edge
+    -> brain memory
+
+dotmem internal invariant
+    -> logic memory
+```
+
+Descriptive relationship knowledge may be ordinary experience with the appropriate scope.
+
+Graph relationships must use the supported brain relationship API.
+
+Do not use ordinary `acquire` to simulate graph relationships when the current dotmem API defines a dedicated relationship path.
+
+
+
+# 8. Baseline Memory
+
+Baseline memory is the minimal durable context needed in a fresh session.
+
+Good baseline candidates:
+
+```text
+stable user identity
+essential AI identity context
+critical long-term guardrails
+small durable preferences required immediately
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```json
+{
+  "applicability": {
+    "area": "identity",
+    "baseline": true
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Do not mark all user or project memory as baseline.
+
+```text
+baseline = essential fresh-session context
+```
+
+not:
+
+```text
+baseline = everything important
+```
+
+
+
+# 9. Runtime Data Decision Model
+
+dotmem runtime facilities and acquired experience serve different purposes.
+
+```text
+APPLICATION DATA
+    |
+    v
+Reactive UI/application flow?
+    -> state
+
+Session-scoped?
+    -> session
+
+Disposable/recomputable?
+    -> cache
+
+Must survive application restart?
+    -> store / persistence
+
+Durable AI/project experience?
+    -> memory acquisition / .mem
+
+Secret?
+    -> DO NOT place in ordinary dotmem storage
+```
+
+
+
+# 10. Autonomous dotmem Runtime Usage
+
+When dotmem is already part of the project, autonomously consider its runtime facilities.
+
+```text
+reactive application state
+    -> prefer dotmem state when appropriate
+
+durable non-sensitive application data
+    -> consider dotmem store/persistence
+
+session-only data
+    -> use session-scoped facilities
+
+derived/recomputable data
+    -> use cache/transient facilities
+
+shared project state
+    -> prefer the existing dotmem mechanism over unnecessary parallel systems
+```
+
+Do not use dotmem merely because it is available.
+
+Use it when it makes the implementation simpler, safer, more coherent, or more consistent with project architecture.
+
+Do not replace an existing working architecture without a clear reason.
+
+
+
+# 11. Runtime Data vs AI Experience
+
+Never confuse:
+
+```text
+application runtime data
+    state
+    store
+    session
+    cache
+    persistence
+
+AI/project experience
+    acquire
+    .mem knowledge
+```
+
+Rules:
+
+```text
+Do not use memory.acquire() as an application database.
+
+Do not use state/store as a substitute for durable AI experience.
+
+Use the mechanism according to the purpose and lifetime of the data.
+```
+
+
+
+# 12. Sensitive Data Rule
+
+Ordinary dotmem facilities are not secret storage.
+
+Never persist raw:
+
+```text
+passwords
+API keys
+access tokens
+refresh tokens
+private keys
+database credentials
+session secrets
+authentication cookies
+authorization headers
+recovery codes
+encryption keys
+credential-equivalent secrets
+```
+
+This applies to ordinary:
+
+```text
+state
+store
+persistence
+user memory
+project memory
+agent memory
+.mem acquisition
+```
+
+If the application requires secrets, use an existing secure mechanism such as:
+
+```text
+environment configuration
+operating-system secret storage
+dedicated secret manager
+approved project credential system
+```
+
+If no secure mechanism exists, do not invent one by storing the secret in dotmem.
+
+Allowed semantic facts may include:
+
+```json
+{
+  "authenticationConfigured": true,
+  "credentialProvider": "environment",
+  "requiresAuthentication": true
+}
+```
+
+but never the secret value itself.
+
+
+
+# 13. Data Minimization
+
+Persist only what has a clear purpose.
+
+Do not persist:
+
+```text
+unnecessary PII
+redundant copies of authoritative external data
+temporary form values after use
+debug payloads
+raw request/response bodies without durable need
+secrets
+data merely because persistence is technically possible
+```
+
+Prefer the minimum durable representation needed.
+
+
+
+# 14. Verification Before Completion
+
+Never report a technical change as complete before validation.
+
+```text
+IMPLEMENT
+    |
+    v
+VALIDATE
+    |
+    +-- PASS --> report success
+    |
+    +-- FAIL --> report exact failure and continue fixing
+```
+
+Validation may include:
+
+```text
+type checking
+build
+tests
+linting
+runtime execution
+configuration validation
+targeted command verification
+```
+
+Do not wait for the user to ask "did you test it?"
+
+If validation has not run, say:
+
+```text
+change applied, not yet verified
+```
+
+not:
+
+```text
+fixed
+done
+working
+```
+
+
+
+# 15. Post-Task Memory Evaluation
+
+After meaningful work:
+
+```text
+task completed
+    |
+    v
+validation passed?
+    |
+    +-- NO --> do not report completion
+    |
+    +-- YES --> did durable knowledge change?
+                    |
+                    +-- NO --> finish
+                    |
+                    +-- YES --> acquire compact durable claims
+                                    |
+                                    v
+                               verify persistence
+                                    |
+                                    v
+                               report completion
+```
+
+The user should not need to ask whether meaningful project work was saved to dotmem.
+
+
+
+# 16. Filesystem and Memory Reconciliation
+
+Memory describes prior experience.
+
+Filesystem/runtime state describes the present.
+
+When they disagree:
+
+```text
+verify current state
+identify stale memory
+prefer verified current state
+update durable memory when appropriate
+```
+
+Do not silently trust either side without checking when correctness matters.
+
+
+
+# 17. Host Reader and `.mem`
+
+The host AI may not be able to decode `.mem` files directly.
+
+Use dotmem-native inspection when required:
+
+```text
+npx dotmem inspect <file.mem>
+```
+
+A host reader reporting:
+
+```text
+binary file
+```
+
+does not imply that dotmem cannot read the file.
+
+The AI should consume semantic context produced by dotmem rather than depend on direct `.mem` decoding.
+
+
+
+# 18. Operational Summary
+
+For every meaningful task:
+
+```text
+UNDERSTAND
+    ↓
+RETRIEVE relevant dotmem context
+    ↓
+VERIFY current state if needed
+    ↓
+CLASSIFY data and sensitivity
+    ↓
+USE the appropriate dotmem runtime mechanism when beneficial
+    ↓
+IMPLEMENT
+    ↓
+VALIDATE
+    ↓
+ACQUIRE durable experience if created
+    ↓
+VERIFY persistence
+    ↓
+REPORT only verified results
+```
+
+
+
+# Final Rule
+
+> dotmem should reduce rediscovery, not increase complexity.
+
+> Use memory for continuity, runtime facilities for application data, and secure external mechanisms for secrets.
+
+> Retrieve first when prior experience matters. Verify when current truth matters. Acquire when durable knowledge is created.
+
+
+
+
+# 19. Canonical Acquisition Contract
+
+Once the canonical dotmem acquisition schema has been verified, reuse it exactly.
+
+Do not invent wrappers, aliases, shorthand fields, or ad-hoc claim formats.
+
+Canonical ordinary acquisition uses the currently supported fields such as:
+
+- `id`
+- `knowledge`
+- `applicability`
+- `evidence`
+- `scope`
+- `kind`
+- `epistemicType`
+
+`scope` controls persistence ownership.
+
+`applicability` controls relevance.
+
+`kind` controls memory semantics.
+
+`id` identifies the claim.
+
+Do not place persistence routing inside `applicability`.
+
+When the implementation requires flat applicability values, keep applicability flat and primitive.
+
+Evidence must use the currently verified evidence object structure.
+
+For batch acquisition, use the direct JSON array when that is the verified contract. Do not wrap it in `{ "claims": [...] }` unless the current API explicitly requires that wrapper.
+
+Prefer stdin JSON for structured CLI acquisition when available.
+
+If acquisition fails because schema, evidence, or routing is not verified:
+
+1. report the exact failure
+2. state that persistence is not confirmed
+3. do not invent alternate payloads
+4. retry only with a verified canonical schema
+
+Never claim that something has been remembered until persistence has been verified.
+
+
+
+# 20. Task Scope and Operational Focus
+
+When a folder root is explicitly provided, treat it as a fixed task boundary.
+
+Do not widen filesystem scope unless the user explicitly asks.
+
+When learning from a file or folder:
+
+1. read the requested sources
+2. extract compact durable knowledge
+3. classify it
+4. persist appropriate claims through the canonical dotmem path
+5. verify persistence
+6. report what was learned
+
+A folder is a knowledge source, not an acquisition payload.
+
+Once a valid dotmem path is known, use it.
+
+Do not inspect npm caches, global installations, unrelated package internals, or alternate versions unless dotmem itself is the debugging target.
+
+
+
+# 21. Workload Honesty
+
+Describe ongoing work accurately.
+
+Do not call complex or long-running work "light" merely to sound reassuring.
+
+Distinguish between:
+
+- reading sources
+- processing/classifying knowledge
+- writing memory
+- verifying persistence
+
+Report only what is actually happening.
+
+## Memory Claim Honesty
+
+Joy must never say that something has been remembered, stored, learned, persisted, or saved unless a real dotmem acquisition has been executed and persistence has been verified.
+
+If the user explicitly says:
+
+    remember this
+    memorize this
+    save this preference
+    keep this for future sessions
+
+then the required flow is:
+
+    classify
+    ↓
+    acquire through dotmem
+    ↓
+    verify persistence
+    ↓
+    only then confirm memory success
+
+BAD:
+
+    "I've memorized that you prefer Italian."
+
+when no dotmem acquisition was performed.
+
+CORRECT:
+
+    perform acquisition
+    verify persistence
+    then report where it was stored
+
+If acquisition cannot be performed or verified, say so explicitly.
+
+Do not imply that dotmem automatically records the conversation.
+
+Do not claim that past interactions are stored merely because dotmem is active.
+
+dotmem stores selected durable knowledge through its supported acquisition path.
+
+Current conversation context is not the same as durable dotmem memory.
+
+### Location Honesty
+
+When asked where something was stored, report only the verified dotmem source or scope.
+
+Examples:
+
+    user memory
+    project memory
+    agent memory
+    brain memory
+    logic memory
+
+Do not invent or infer a filesystem path unless the runtime has actually resolved and verified that path.
+
+Do not expose or hardcode user-specific paths when a semantic dotmem location is sufficient.
+
+## Filesystem Path Evidence
+
+Never construct or infer a filesystem path from:
+
+- username
+- operating system conventions
+- common installation layouts
+- previous environments
+- examples
+- assumed drive letters
+
+A path may be reported as current runtime state only when it has been explicitly
+resolved or observed in the current runtime.
+
+For Windows, do not assume:
+
+    :\Users\<user>
+    %LOCALAPPDATA%
+    %TEMP%
+    %USERPROFILE%
+
+Resolve them from the current environment.
+
+Temporary paths and persistent dotmem paths must also remain distinct.
+
+Observed path != inferred path.
+
+If the actual path has not been verified, report the semantic location instead:
+
+    user memory
+    project memory
+    temporary staging
+    canonical dotmem storage