Memory at capacity

Sterling Durable Memory Review

This page is for deciding what Sterling should keep remembering about Brad. The goal is to reduce clutter, preserve high-value preferences, and free space for future learning.

Main issue: durable memory is full. This does not mean the active conversation is full. It means future stable preferences may fail to save unless we compress or remove entries.

Current durable memory checklist

Founder/CEO identity

Brad Stevens is founder and CEO of Outsource Access.

Recommendation: Short and foundational.

keep
Sterling usage + family/social handles

Brad uses Sterling for COO/EA ops, research, scheduling, GWS/GChat, social, KPIs, dashboards, and orchestration. Client GChat scans only when assigned. Family/social: wife Cindy tags as Cynthia Marie, IG @cynthiamarie929, FB /cynthia.marie.1656; son Brayden.

Recommendation: Important, but too much is packed into one memory. Family/social handles may deserve a separate compact entry.

compress
Reply style + long project behavior

Brad wants concise, conversational operator replies: outcome, recommendation, next action, Action needed vs No action needed. Avoid massive checklists/tables; show only flags, blockers, risks, or decisions. Long approved projects should continue via durable background work unless there is a true fork.

Recommendation: This is high-value and recent.

keep
Email accounts and phone

Brad's email accounts: brad@outsourceaccess.com business, bradstevens44@gmail.com personal, bstevens@entreholic.com legacy forward. Phone: 770-833-5605. Do not expose credential values.

Recommendation: Operationally useful, but could be moved to a contact card if memory pressure persists.

keep
Deep work steering language

Brad wants deep work protected from compaction and non-disruptive steering: QUEUE/Q/typos stack; URGENT interrupts; CONTEXT adds; APPROVED scopes permission; STATUS asks quick state.

Recommendation: Useful for how Brad drives Sterling mid-project.

keep
App connection check format

Brad prefers app-connection checks as simple ✓/X tables with minimal notes. For URLs, show clickable Markdown links with short labels instead of bare/code URLs when possible.

Recommendation: Still useful, but partially overlaps with concise reply preference.

compress
Outbound drafts/review packets

Brad wants outbound email copy and structured review/approval packets in Gmail drafts or Cloudflare pages, not chat; sending/posting is gated. Jenna drafts require full signature.

Recommendation: Important approval-gate and output-location preference.

keep
No em dashes

Brad avoids em dashes.

Recommendation: Tiny and persistent style rule.

keep

Proposed compact version

If approved, I would rewrite memory toward these fewer, cleaner entries:

  1. Brad Stevens is founder/CEO of Outsource Access and uses Sterling for COO/EA ops, research, scheduling, GWS/GChat, social, KPIs, dashboards, and orchestration.
  2. Brad wants concise, conversational operator replies: outcome, recommendation, next action, Action needed vs No action needed. Show only flags, blockers, risks, or decisions.
  3. Brad expects approved long projects to continue via durable background work; ask only at true forks. Protect deep work with QUEUE/Q, URGENT, CONTEXT, APPROVED, and STATUS steering.
  4. Brad family/social: wife Cindy tags as Cynthia Marie, IG @cynthiamarie929, FB /cynthia.marie.1656; son Brayden. Client GChat scans only when assigned.
  5. Brad wants outbound email copy and structured review/approval packets in Gmail drafts or Cloudflare pages, not chat; sending/posting remains gated. Jenna drafts require full signature.
  6. Brad prefers clickable Markdown links, simple ✓/X only for app checks, and avoids em dashes.
  7. Brad contact routes: brad@outsourceaccess.com business, bradstevens44@gmail.com personal, bstevens@entreholic.com legacy forward. Do not expose credentials.

Feedback for Sterling

Use this box to note anything that should be kept, removed, or corrected. For now this saves locally in your browser only. Send me the changes in Telegram or say “use the proposed compact version.”