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Approved memory, governed.
Field notes on giving human–AI teams one trusted memory of how the organization decided to work.
.cursor/rules and CLAUDE.md are not decision memory
Rule files like .cursor/rules, CLAUDE.md, and AGENTS.md feel like agent memory. They're actually duplicated, unversioned copies that silently conflict.
What is Decision Memory?
Decision Memory is the approved decision layer for human–AI teams: durable, governed records that require human approval before becoming trusted memory.
Why AI coding agents ignore your team's standards
AI coding agents optimize against the code they can see, not the decisions your team already made — producing technically-correct, organizationally-wrong code.