I replaced my claude.md with a 3-layer cognitive memory system. Here's the architecture.

I built a structured memory system for AI called Alma. This post explains the architecture, not the marketing. The problem, technically Current AI memory implementations (claude.md,.cursorrules, ChatGPT Memory) share these limitations: No schema. All data is unstructured text. No types, no fields, no queryable metadata. No weighting. Every piece of information has equal priority in the context window. No automatic extraction. The user manually maintains the memory. No deduplication. Similar information accumulates without merging. No separation of concerns.