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tags:
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# On-Device Memory Improvements for LLM Chat

Drop-in improvements for on-device chat apps using small language models with semantic memory (e.g., Llama-3.2-3B + EmbeddingGemma-300M + SQLite vector store).

## 📦 Files

| File | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `src/types.ts` | Type definitions & configuration |
| `src/deduplication.ts` | **Improvement 1:** Mem0-style ADD/UPDATE/NOOP deduplication |
| `src/memoryDecay.ts` | **Improvement 2:** Heat-based decay & eviction (MemoryOS) |
| `src/typedMemory.ts` | **Improvement 3:** ENGRAM-style episodic/semantic/procedural router |
| `src/assistantMemory.ts` | **Improvement 4:** Store AI replies as memories |
| `src/smartFilter.ts` | **Improvement 5:** Only store declarative/factual content |
| `src/dynamicRetrieval.ts` | **Improvement 6:** Adaptive top-k, threshold, type filtering |
| `src/schema.ts` | SQLite schema migration |
| `src/index.ts` | `ImprovedMemoryService` class (combines all improvements) |
| `src/integrationGuide.ts` | Exact code changes for each file in your app |
| `src/beforeAfterWalkthrough.ts` | Side-by-side comparison of old vs new behavior |
| `tests/demo.py` | Validated Python demo showing all improvements |

## 🚀 Quick Start

```typescript
import { ImprovedMemoryService, DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG } from './src';

const memoryService = new ImprovedMemoryService(db, embedFn, DEFAULT_MEMORY_CONFIG);

// Retrieve memories (replaces your current searchMemories)
const { context, memoryIds } = await memoryService.retrieve(userMessage, embedding);

// Store user message (with smart filtering + dedup)
await memoryService.storeUserMessage(userMessage, embedding);

// Store assistant reply (new!)
await memoryService.storeAssistantReply(assistantReply);
```

## 📊 Before vs After

| Aspect | Before | After |
|--------|--------|-------|
| Memories stored | 200+ (noisy) | ~80 (clean, deduplicated) |
| Context slots | 5 (3 wasted on duplicates) | 4-12 (all unique, relevant) |
| Token budget | Fixed | Dynamic (100-500 based on query) |
| Prompt structure | Flat list | Typed sections |
| Assistant recall | None | Tracks recommendations/promises |
| Stale memory handling | Never cleaned | Heat-based eviction |
| Duplicate handling | None | 0.85 threshold auto-dedup |

## 📚 Research Basis

- **ENGRAM** (arxiv 2511.12960) — Typed memory stores with router
- **Mem0** (arxiv 2504.19413) — ADD/UPDATE/DELETE operations with deduplication
- **MemoryOS** (arxiv 2506.06326) — Heat-based decay and hierarchical storage
- **MemLoRA** (arxiv 2512.04763) — Distilled memory adapters for small models

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## Usage

```python
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer

model_id = "loudiman/memory-improvements"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_id)
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_id)
```

For non-causal architectures, replace `AutoModelForCausalLM` with the appropriate `AutoModel` class.