Beyond AGENTS․Md: Shared Memory For Coding Agents Across Services And Repos

Shared memory can help coding agents coordinate across isolated repositories by recording changes that other agents cannot directly observe. In a controlled experiment involving an order service and payment service connected only through an event, one agent replaced the event’s string `status` field with numeric `statusCode`, where `2` means paid, and recorded the change in Mem0. A second agent working only in the payment service, without access to the order service or prior session context, updated its receipt handler incorrectly when it lacked memory because it retained logic for the obsolete `status` field, causing paid orders to be silently ignored. When given access to Mem0 and instructed to search it first, the same agent retrieved the event change, correctly handled `statusCode === 2`, and retained compatibility with the older event format. The comparison argues that static AGENTS.md files remain useful for stable conventions and guardrails but cannot automatically capture changing cross-service facts, while shared memory can provide timely, scoped context about changes and affected consumers.

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