I Corrected My AI's Memory. It Cited the Original Mistake as Proof.

Description and use

The agent’s memory correction retained old evidence, causing decisions based on outdated facts. Implementing strict evidence verification and superseding claims ensures accurate propagation of corrections.

Problem

An AI agent retained a corrected fact but still relied on the original erroneous evidence, leading to decisions based on outdated information.

Outcome

The enhanced workflow prevents agents from making decisions based on unverified or outdated evidence, ensuring that corrections propagate correctly through dependent claims and actions.

Workflow

• 1. Reviewer inputs corrected statement.
• 2. System previews decisions/actions dependent on the claim.
• 3. System marks old claim superseded, creates replacement claim linked via SUPERSEDES.
• 4. System updates decisions that depended on the old claim, ensuring new evidence is retrieved and verified. If evidence is missing, decision is marked needs_review.

Evidence

My memory repair had fixed the sentence and kept the lie underneath it, at confidence: 1.0.

Source

The first version did this: CREATE (replacement:Claim {statement: $statement, evidence_quote: old.evidence_quote, confidence: 1.0, ...})

Source

A search hit is not evidence by itself. Ensure the agent retrieves its persisted source fragments before the handoff even if the model omits the second tool call.

Source