From Recall to Governed Memory
Recall memory answers: “What is related?”
Governed memory answers: “Is this memory allowed to influence the next action?”
Migration Steps
- Keep your existing retrieval backend.
- Wrap retrieved items as external candidates.
- Send them through Memory Firewall.
- Use the governed Agent context, not raw top-k text.
- Add feedback attribution after the Agent acts.
- Move execution traces into Execution Memory when cross-session state matters.
What To Watch
| Risk | Aionis surface |
|---|---|
| Old memory remains semantically relevant | Lifecycle and stale gates. |
| Failed branch is retrieved again | do_not_use and inspect_before_use. |
| Prompt becomes too large | Compact context and rehydrate pointers. |
| You cannot explain a decision | Admission records and Flight Recorder. |