The Log Is the Agent

work.log-is-the-agent · paper · ActiveGraph · Citable preprint

Position/design paper arguing that the append-only event log, not the conversation, is the durable identity of a long-running agent system. Citable preprint; the runtime work it motivates continues in the ActiveGraph program.

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Stage: Citable preprint · as of 2026-08-02

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