context compounding

Memory across sessions is the mechanism by which intelligence compounds rather than resets—core to the thesis

Entire feature set aims to prevent context loss and enable reuse—directly supporting thesis that compounding is bottleneck

Author's emphasis on task-oriented vs session-bound directly enables context compounding—preserving insights across interaction boundaries

7-month archive enabling pattern discovery and reuse is the core thesis: intelligence compounds when preserved

Agent frameworks enable 'decisions that require context'—context from earlier steps informing later actions is context compounding

By standardizing how context flows between systems, MCP enables the 'compounding intelligence' goal where context doesn't reset—it persists through tool calls and multi-turn interactions.

3 orders of magnitude context volume difference between human and agent interactions demonstrates how context scales non-linearly with system design choices