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Workshop Day / S4 · 8D

Merge Memory Across Machines.

The 8D path for knowledge and memory. Where the 4D room builds one local Agent Conversations Cairn from Claude Code history, this path merges Claude Code and Codex history across machines into one brain, then produces the same Morning Brief feed from the combined source. Want the picture of where this goes? The Vector Search vs Graph RAG library card lays out the two upgrade paths.

What you'll have
  • One brain across machines Claude Code and Codex history merged so memory is not trapped on a single device.
  • A clean 8D source map confirmed paths for each machine before any ingest, with raw history preserved first.
  • The path to semantic search a local Cairn feed that can later add vector or graph recall without changing the Morning Brief seam.
Step 4 · 8D
8D Deeper
8D goal Memory merged across machines from Claude Code and Codex history
Done when One combined Agent Conversations feed validates for Morning Brief
You run /build-agent-conversations-cairn --mode 8d
One-click start

Build it with Claude.

The 8D build-along. Claude reads the repo, confirms your machine/source map, then runs the Agent Conversations Cairn skill in 8D mode so your merged history produces one validated feed.

Your 8D checkpoint.

This is the deeper build for S4. The 4D room builds one local Agent Conversations Cairn from Claude Code history. The 8D path merges Claude Code and Codex history across machines, then validates one Morning Brief feed from the combined source.

8D goal

Memory merged across your machines from Claude Code and Codex history, on the path to semantic and graph search.

Done when

Your merged Cairn writes L1-L3 memory and a validated reports/Agent-Conversations-<date>.json feed.

You run

/build-agent-conversations-cairn --mode 8d after confirming the machine/source map.

Confirm before you merge

The 8D move starts with a source map: each machine label, each ~/.claude/projects folder, and each ~/.codex/sessions folder. Confirm that map before Claude writes anything. The two upgrade paths (semantic vector search and a knowledge graph), how they differ, and when to reach for each are in the Vector Search vs Graph RAG library card.

Build it.

Step 01

Map your sources

5 min

Use the starter prompt at the top of this card. Claude reads the Agent Conversations Cairn skill, finds the Claude Code and Codex history you want to merge, and shows you the exact machine/source map before it touches files.

Paste into Claude Code /build-agent-conversations-cairn --mode 8d
Step 02

Merge into one Cairn

10 min

The skill preserves raw source logs in L3, writes the L2 Chain of Density Card Catalog Layer (Card Catalog Layer for short), writes L1 waypoints, and keeps machine labels attached so you can tell where each memory came from.

Step 03

Validate the Morning Brief feed

3 min

The 8D build writes the same reports/Agent-Conversations-<date>.json feed as the 4D build, then validates it against the department-report contract so the S5 Morning Brief can consume it without changing the synthesizer.

One merged Agent Conversations Cairn, ready for Morning Brief recall.

Where to go next.

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