Notes · upstream work
Notes
Defects I find in the open-source tools I depend on, and the fixes I send upstream, each linked to its GitHub record.
2026-09 · architecture · verified against Cortex v4.22.0
Where Claude’s memories go: Cortex, traced through its source
Six diagrams follow a memory from the hook that captures it to the recall that brings it back, and a decision from its ADR file to the session that reads it. Every claim links to the lines of the v4.22.0 release that implement it.
2026-09 · upstream fixes · status 2026-09-15Two defects I found in widely used Claude Code tools, and the fixes I sent upstream
codebase-memory-mcp: fan-in queries ignored markdown and shell references; the fix is accepted in principle, open, not merged. claude-mem: observation search results carried no date; the fix is routed into the maintainer’s search read-path plan, open, not merged.