An agent doesn't navigate folders the way you do. This flow shows how a single INDEX.md map at the root of each major folder, one-concern-per-folder, and numbered names cut slow vault searches from two minutes to under thirty seconds — no model change required.
Most AI memory is a sticky note. This flow breaks down an 11-layer context architecture for Hermes Agent — identity, facts, procedures, session archives, compression, and scheduled routines — and the distinctions that decide whether your agent actually remembers how you work.