Dev proposes OpenTelemetry-style open standard for AI agent memory layers
madsthines · reddit · 2026-11-08
Reddit user madsthines notes that nearly every week brings a new "I built a memory system for Claude" post (he's building one himself, LoreKit) — proof the problem is real but also that everyone is solving it in silos: each has its own storage, schema, and MCP tools, so lessons learned by one tool are invisible to the rest.
He draws an analogy to observability: fragmented vendor-specific formats until open projects merged into OpenTelemetry, agreeing on one data model before competing on top — which worked out for everyone.
He surveyed existing formats and proposals (AGENTS.md, Anthropic's memory tool, Copilot Memory, Letta, Mem0, LangGraph, Graphiti), sketched what a shared record could look like, and is soliciting feedback, arguing a common standard would minimize vendor lock-in.
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