Memory Bouncer
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The Memory Bouncer removes stale, poisoned, or unwanted information that has already settled into persistent memory. The offending memo has been inside for months. It has a favorite table. It has introduced itself to three summaries and an agent-authored skill. When challenged, it says, "But I'm in the system of record."
Symptom
Old conclusions keep resurfacing in new agent answers. Deleted policies still shape behavior. The memory store has more residents than the org chart has people.
Why It Matters
Persistent memory compounds. A wrong entry that survives one cleanup becomes the premise for the next three. The Bouncer keeps the memory store a database instead of a haunted house.
What the Chapter Gives You
How to audit agent memory like an access list, the eviction policy that stops poisoned facts from propagating, and why "who wrote this" is the first question for every remembered conclusion.
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