Personal agents still need a portable 'ask me first' file alongside MEMORY.md
sujingshen · x · 2026-09-28
Responding to a checklist of personal-agent ingredients (cloud computer + codex/claude subscription + MEMORY.md + proactivity + multi-IM), sujingshen argues the missing piece is a portable "things you must ask me first" file — don't reply to my boss, don't pay above a threshold, don't touch family calendars — that survives switching model subscriptions, just like MEMORY.md should.
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