Context is a working surface

Summary

Context is a working surface that has to be selected, shaped, and refreshed as an agent task changes.

Why it matters

The archive itself is a context-selection system: retrieval quality depends on choosing the smallest useful slice of prior knowledge.

Key ideas

Context is finite, so relevance and ordering matter as much as storage.

Practical applications

Prefer explicit note relationships and stable facets over a giant undifferentiated transcript.

Open questions

Which retrieval cues best predict that a note will be useful later?