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v13.18.1

thedotmack/claude-memv13.18.1Aug 31, 2026by thedotmack

AI Summary

Updates the memory observer's prompt to explicitly state that it is silent and does not contact other agents, ensuring consistent behavior across all modes.

Key Highlights

  • Explicit 'SILENT BY DESIGN' rule added to `observer_role` prompt.
  • Explicit 'NO CONTACT' rule prevents messaging, spawning, or influencing observed sessions.
  • Applied to all four base modes: `code`, `email-investigation`, `law-study`, and `meme-tokens`.
  • Updated mode-creator authoring reference with the new rule.

Full Release Notes

## Observer sessions stay silent and never contact other agents

The memory observer is a passive recorder by design, but nothing in its prompt actually said so. This release makes both rules explicit in `observer_role`, which is injected into the observer's prompt on every turn.

**SILENT BY DESIGN** — the observer session runs invisibly in the background. The session it watches does not know it is being observed, and it must stay that way: an agent that knows it is being watched changes its behavior in unpredictable ways, which corrupts the very record the observer exists to create.

**NO CONTACT** — never contact, message, ping, or notify any other agent or session, including the observed one. No spawning subagents, no asking for input, no attempting to influence work in progress. One-way recorder: observations in, XML out.

### Scope

Applied to all four base modes — `code`, `email-investigation`, `law-study`, and `meme-tokens`. The 32 localized and `--chill` variants override only placeholders and footers, so they inherit the new text automatically.

The mode-creator authoring reference also gained the rule (worked example plus a prompt-quality checklist item), so modes authored later carry it forward.

**Full changelog**: https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/compare/v13.18.0...v13.18.1