memory care

Workspace installs include .brigade/memory-care.example.json as a legacy scanner wiring contract, and brigade memory care init writes the active gitignored .brigade/memory-care.toml scanner config.

Commands

• brigade memory care init writes the active gitignored .brigade/memory-care.toml scanner config.
• brigade memory care scan scans local memory cards for stale, expired, undersourced, contradictory, missing-index-link, orphaned-card, oversized-card, missing-frontmatter, missing-reviewed, and missing-freshness issues without editing memory.
• brigade memory care plan-fixes builds a planning-only view for low-risk metadata repairs. It never writes card files.
• brigade memory care backfill bulk-repairs cards that predate the freshness convention by deriving last_reviewed from each card’s last git commit date and proposing fresh_until from the configured stale window. Dry-run by default; --apply writes frontmatter without overwriting existing values and records a receipt under .brigade/memory-care/backfills/.
• brigade memory care status reports memory-care scan freshness and open refresh candidates.
• brigade memory care doctor reports memory-care config and queue health.
• brigade memory care import-issues routes the latest memory-care refresh queue into the work inbox. The queue resolves from .brigade/memory-care/decay/refresh-queue.json, falling back to the legacy memory/cards/decay/ location.
• brigade memory care closeout writes closeout metadata marking the current refresh queue reviewed (or deferred with --defer); supports --reason.

brigade memory care init
brigade memory care scan
brigade memory care plan-fixes
brigade memory care backfill
brigade memory care backfill --apply
brigade memory care status
brigade memory care doctor
brigade memory care import-issues
brigade memory care closeout

Related work-inbox converters:

brigade work import memory-care
brigade work import memory-refresh

• brigade work import memory-care converts the refresh queue into imports. It defaults to memory/cards/decay/refresh-queue.json under the target, overridable with --queue.
• brigade work import memory-refresh converts memory-refresh candidates into task imports with card identity, reason, evidence summary, and acceptance criteria.

How memory care fits doctor

brigade doctor checks installed bootstrap files against hard byte budgets so overgrown files fail before agents load truncated context. It also checks:

• memory/cards/*.md budgets
• MEMORY.md card links under memory/cards/
• memory-care config, scan freshness, open refresh candidates, and queue validity
• corrupt scan or refresh-queue JSON once the loop is wired

Missing memory-care state is advisory for fresh installs. Bootstrap truncation is a hard failure to prevent, not a cosmetic warning.

Memory care is local and explicit. Brigade writes scan reports and work imports, but it does not edit memory cards, run a scheduler, mutate canonical memory, or use LLM inference for contradictions.