An ancient memory technique, reworked for a machine. Broad categories
- nest time-based groupings; time-based groupings hold verbatim drawers.
- A symbolic index lets the model scan thousands of drawers in a single
- pass and open only the ones it needs.
+ nest time-based groupings; time-based groupings bundle topics; topics
+ hold verbatim drawers. A symbolic index lets the model scan thousands
+ of drawers in a single pass and open only the ones it needs.
W — wing
-
The Wing
+
The Wings
people · projects · topics
A broad region of the palace, keyed to a real entity — a person by name, a project by codename, a domain of your life. Entity-first, always.
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R — room
-
The Room
+
The Rooms
days · sessions · threads
Inside a wing sit rooms — discrete units of time. One room per day, or one per session. Walk the corridor and the palace unfolds chronologically, room by room.
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+ C — closet
+
The Closets
+
topics · threads · bundles
+
Inside a room, closets group related drawers by topic or thread. Open one closet and you see every drawer on that subject together — no need to walk the whole room.
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D — drawer
-
The Drawer
+
The Drawers
verbatim · permanent · exact
Each room holds drawers. A drawer is a single chunk of verbatim content — the exact words, untouched. The palace's promise is kept here.