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 "id": "jingxuanc-causal-memory--give-agent-memory-of-why-decisions-worked",
 "repo": "JingxuanC/causal-memory",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/JingxuanC/causal-memory",
 "repo_slug": "jingxuanc-causal-memory",
 "title": "Give your agent memory of why past decisions worked",
 "page_title": "How to give your agent memory of why past decisions worked with Causal Memory",
 "summary": "Install the MCP server so the agent records decisions and their outcomes and recalls them later.",
 "who": "A developer whose agent re-fixes the same bug the wrong way every few sessions.",
 "problem": "Causal context is the first thing lost when context is compacted.",
 "outcome": "Recorded decision to outcome edges the agent can search.",
 "steps": [
  "Install with `pip install causal-memory` (or build with `cargo build --release`)",
  "Run `./install.sh` for the guided setup of the skill and MCP server",
  "Restart your agent",
  "Have the agent call record_decision and later search_causal"
 ],
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 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says it does not beat mem0 on plain fact recall; its strength is causal recall.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "Rust toolchain, or pip for the prebuilt package",
  "An MCP client such as Claude Code"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
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 "score": 1.0,
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