2026-10-11 18:04 UTC

Astrum-HSAM’s maintainer claims the released no_std memory engine separates external evidence from agent-generated material, potentially reducing self-citation and provenance contamination in embedded or local agents.

state: expiredheat: lowuncertainty: highconvergesscott: mediumagent-memory local-inference memory-provenanceAstrum-HSAMvitaliyfedotovpro-art

What is this?

Astrum-HSAM is presented as a released `no_std` memory engine maintained by `vitaliyfedotovpro-art` for embedded or local LLM agents. Its maintainer claims it distinguishes external evidence from agent-generated material so an agent is less likely to cite its own prior output as independent evidence, preserving provenance and limiting memory contamination. The supplied search results establish that provenance and selective memory-writing are broader agent-memory concerns, but they do not independently document this repository, its implementation, or evidence that the claimed mitigation works.

Why it matters to Scott

Astrum-HSAM’s claimed source typing converges with Scott’s Provenance-Coupled Work and Cognitive Git architectures, especially his proof-of-read rule that only genuinely accessed external material may support citations. A working `no_std` implementation could extend those ideas into constrained local agents and inform his evidence-engine projects, but the repository and mitigation remain independently unverified, limiting this to an investigation opportunity rather than a validated advance.
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queries asked of Scott's wikis
  • agent memory provenance and source typing
  • separating retrieved evidence from agent-generated memory
  • self-citation and recursive memory contamination
  • no_std memory systems for embedded agents
  • local agent memory integrity and audit trails
  • trust boundaries for agent-written knowledge

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Evidence (2) — ⭐ canonical anchor

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🟧 hnA no_std memory engine that stops an LLM agent citing its own outputastrumverum20
🟧 echo.github ⭐The repository releases a no_std memory engine intended to stop an LLM agent from citing its own output as external evidence.vitaliyfedotovpro-art——

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