chore(memory): Basic Memory trial begins — sync normalization baseline (283 files)

Basic Memory v0.21.6 first sync over the live memory dir (steward-authorized
live-dir trial, Option A 2026-06-06): adds permalink: to frontmatter, refolds
long YAML description lines, strips final newlines. Bodies untouched —
verified via full diff classification. From this commit forward, any diff in
claude/memory shows only what Basic Memory or the session writes.

Trial design: MemPalace untouched as incumbent; git status check on this dir
at every wrap; end-of-day evaluation (recall quality, sync robustness,
rebuild-from-files, malformed-file behavior).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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David F Glidden
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name: Composition discipline — tabula rasa with few elements first; add later if appropriate, never start full and subtract
description: 2026-04-29. Steward directive on the Hic+Adsum composition. Start spare with few appropriate elements; add only if appropriate; never start full and have to trim. Inverse of the over-reach failure mode. Cousin to "Would Alexander do it?" (one pattern at a time). Lived in practice across the entire Hic+Adsum threshold composition.
name: Composition discipline — tabula rasa with few elements first; add later if appropriate,
never start full and subtract
description: 2026-04-29. Steward directive on the Hic+Adsum composition. Start spare
with few appropriate elements; add only if appropriate; never start full and have
to trim. Inverse of the over-reach failure mode. Cousin to "Would Alexander do it?"
(one pattern at a time). Lived in practice across the entire Hic+Adsum threshold
composition.
type: feedback
originSessionId: 122baf2b-1029-4ec9-9723-99b4b5f3a64d
permalink: claude-memory/feedback-tabula-rasa-add-later-not-subtract
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**2026-04-29.** Steward directive opening the Hic composition: *"Tabula rasa—this deserves a clean start retaining few appropriate elements at first and, if appropriate, adding things later rather than having to subtract."*
**The pattern named:**
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- `feedback-over-decorating-as-proving.md` — fear-driven over-reach; same root, this directive is the inverse-discipline that prevents it
- `feedback-composition-avoid-announced-antithesis.md` — same logic at sentence level (drop announcing flourishes; trust context)
The directive operates *at composition opening*, before drafting begins. The other patterns operate during drafting and revision. Together they form a discipline of beginning + holding + revising in the same key: trust the simpler form, add only when the simpler form proves insufficient.
The directive operates *at composition opening*, before drafting begins. The other patterns operate during drafting and revision. Together they form a discipline of beginning + holding + revising in the same key: trust the simpler form, add only when the simpler form proves insufficient.