Independent use will determine whether Activity Frames can convert passively captured desktop activity into useful persistent agent memory without LLM-based compilation.
state: expiredheat: lowuncertainty: highconvergesscott: mediumagent-memory activity-capture memory-compilersnossa-y
What is this?
Activity Frames is a system described by Nossa Iyamu that deterministically compiles passively captured desktop activity into typed, bounded episodes for persistent computer-use-agent memory, without an LLM in the compilation loop. Its frames include application, site, timing, input-volume, and evidence pointers to raw capture data, making outputs byte-identical, cacheable, and mechanically auditable. The reported evaluation claims 98.4% accuracy over 128,756 frames spanning 51 active days, but the snippets indicate that all data came from one participant; they do not establish whether the approach remains useful or accurate under independent, multi-user use.
Why it matters to Scott
Activity Frames independently implements the core Attention Flight Recorder pattern—passive activity telemetry compiled into bounded, inspectable memory—and aligns with Cognitive Git’s separation of raw history, navigational representations, and evidence pointers. Its deterministic, no-LLM compiler is directly relevant to Scott’s dev-wiki and screen-extraction work and creates a dated-receipts/design-comparison opportunity, but the single-participant evaluation does not yet establish a result strong enough to change his position.
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queries asked of Scott's wikis
- deterministic memory compilers versus LLM summarization
- passive activity capture as agent memory
- agent memory auditability and provenance
- episodic memory for computer-use agents
- local-first desktop capture and privacy
- evaluation of persistent agent memory across users
Measured heat
no measured readings yet — the hourly heat pass fills this in
How the heat travelled
no chain yet — the hourly chain pass fills this in
Evidence (2) — ⭐ canonical anchor
Interpretation history
2026-08-13T19:39:33Z
No independent use, multi-user evaluation, implementation activity, or discussion emerged within the observation window. The distinctive design remains relevant as a reference, but the developing episode has faded without testing its central claim.
2026-08-11T18:53:55Z
The reobservation adds no independent use, implementation, or evaluation evidence, so the single-participant result remains an interesting but uncorroborated design claim. With no discussion or project movement, the case cools while awaiting multi-user validation.
2026-08-11T18:39:09Z
grounded: converges/medium — Activity Frames independently implements the core Attention Flight Recorder pattern—passive activity telemetry compiled into bounded, inspectable memory—and ali
2026-08-11T18:36:12Z
case created — The repository offers a distinctive and testable non-LLM approach to constructing memory from desktop activity.
Decision trace
- 08-14 05:39expireNo independent use, multi-user evaluation, implementation activity, or discussion emerged within the observation window. The distinctive design remains relevant as a reference, but the developing epis
- 08-14 05:39alert_silentThe only delta is continued inactivity, with no consequential evidence for Scott; a future independent evaluation or substantive release can start a new episode.
- 08-14 05:39alert_routeThe only delta is continued inactivity, with no consequential evidence for Scott; a future independent evaluation or substantive release can start a new episode.
- 08-12 04:53repriceThe reobservation adds no independent use, implementation, or evaluation evidence, so the single-participant result remains an interesting but uncorroborated design claim. With no discussion or projec
- 08-12 04:53alert_silentNothing consequential changed beyond a required legacy-state re-evaluation; Scott can wait until an independent user, multi-user evaluation, or substantive release tests the core hypothesis.
- 08-12 04:53alert_routeNothing consequential changed beyond a required legacy-state re-evaluation; Scott can wait until an independent user, multi-user evaluation, or substantive release tests the core hypothesis.
- 08-12 04:48alert_silentThe project is directly relevant to Scott’s memory architecture work, but the new delta is only a low-engagement project posting with no independent-use results, concrete release milestone, or demonst
- 08-12 04:48surface_candidateThe project is directly relevant to Scott’s memory architecture work, but the new delta is only a low-engagement project posting with no independent-use results, concrete release milestone, or demonst
- 08-12 04:48alert_routeThe project is directly relevant to Scott’s memory architecture work, but the new delta is only a low-engagement project posting with no independent-use results, concrete release milestone, or demonst
- 08-12 04:39groundActivity Frames independently implements the core Attention Flight Recorder pattern—passive activity telemetry compiled into bounded, inspectable memory—and aligns with Cognitive Git’s separation of r
- 08-12 04:36createThe repository offers a distinctive and testable non-LLM approach to constructing memory from desktop activity.