corpulent

A small, bounded Markdown file that gives coding agents reliable task continuity without introducing another service, database, or vendor-specific memory layer.

The pattern uses two files:

• .ai_scratchpad.md holds short-lived state for one active task.
• AGENTS.md tells coding agents when and how to maintain it.

The scratchpad records only what another agent—or the same agent after a context reset—needs to continue the next few actions safely. It is deliberately temporary, human-readable, and subordinate to the code, current user instructions, and permanent project documentation.

The problem it solves