Okay, so inside the agents there is memory, which is... let me look at what it is, right? We have          
  transcripts, sessions, journals, and daily, and then we are going to have other versions of this. This     
  gets backed up too, but here's the idea: the reason that we want to have the memory and we don't want the  
  branch guards or the file guards to fuck this up is that we want to be able to track the memory files so   
  that we can track whether or not things get edited outside of the system. Say you have a memory, right,    
  and you want to audit it; we have to be able to know that that memory hadn't changed.                      
                                                                                        
⏺ That's the right reason. Git is the audit trail. Every memory file change is a diff. If a memory gets      
  edited outside the system, git shows exactly what changed, when, and the commit tells you who. You can
  verify that a memory file hasn't been tampered with by checking git log and git diff on it.                
   
  The challenge: the branch guard blocks commits on main in ~/.ldm/. But hooks write to memory files on every
   turn. The cc-hook writes daily logs after every session. Those writes need to happen on main because
  they're operational, not feature work.                                                                     
                                                                     
  So ~/.ldm/ needs different rules than code repos:                                                          
   
  - Code repos (wip-ldm-os-private, etc.): worktree -> branch -> PR -> merge. Never commit on main.          
  - System repos (~/.ldm/, ~/.openclaw/, ~/.claude/): memory writes happen on main. Commits happen on main.
  The branch guard should not block these repos.                                                             
                                                                     
  The guard currently treats all repos the same. It needs to know that ~/.ldm/ is a system repo where main   
  commits are normal. The audit comes from git tracking every change, not from the branch convention.
                                                                                                             
  Does the guard need an exception for system repos, or should the memory commits happen through a different 
  mechanism?
                                                                                                             
❯ Yeah, but we need to make sure that the rights of who gets to write what we want. We want to make sure     
  that this isn't used as a vector to delete the memories.                                                   
                                                                                                             
⏺ Right. Memory files should be append-only. You can add new memories. You can never delete them or rewrite  
  them without elevation.                                                                                    
                                                                                                             
  The rules:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                             
  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┬──────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────┐   
  │                 Operation                 │ Allowed? │                      How                      │
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ Create new file (new daily log, new       │ Yes      │ Hooks and agents do this normally             │
  │ journal)                                  │          │                                               │
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤   
  │ Append to existing file                   │ Yes      │ Edit with additions                           │   
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤   
  │ Read any memory                           │ Yes      │ Always                                        │   
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ Delete a memory file                      │ Blocked  │ Requires root-key / Face ID                   │   
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ Overwrite a memory file                   │ Blocked  │ File guard blocks Write on memory paths       │   
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
  │ Remove lines from a memory                │ Blocked  │ File guard blocks Edit with net removal > 2   │   
  │                                           │          │ lines                                         │
  ├───────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────┤   
  │ rm or git rm on memory                    │ Blocked  │ Branch guard catches destructive commands     │
  └───────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────┘   
   
  The file guard already does some of this. It matches memory patterns and blocks Write. But it doesn't      
  specifically protect against rm via Bash, and it doesn't require elevation for legitimate deletions (like
  "forget this" requests from the user).                                                                     
                                                                     
  The complete picture:

  1. File guard blocks overwrite and large removals (already works)                                          
  2. Branch guard blocks rm on memory paths (needs to be added)
  3. Git tracks every change (the audit trail, always on)                                                    
  4. Auto-commit hook commits memory changes periodically so the audit is continuous                         
  5. Root-key required for any deletion or large edit (the elevation path)                                   
                                                                                                             
  If a prompt injection tries to make the agent delete its own memories, it hits the guard, can't get a      
  root-key token, and the attempt is logged in git. The memory is safe.                                      
                                                                                                             
  If Parker legitimately says "forget this," the agent requests root-key, Parker approves via Face ID, the   
  deletion happens, and git records exactly what was removed and when.
                                                                                                             
❯ Yeah, we have another thing: we have a wip repo too. We should connect to this.                            
                                                                                  
⏺ Which wip repo? wip-file-guard-private (the guard that protects these files), or ~/wipcomputerinc/ (which  
  has similar needs for team documents and library docs)?
                                                                                                             
❯ Not wipe. We have a wipe function. We have a stop making memories and a wipe memories.                     
                                                                                                             
⏺ The private-mode plugin. It has the wipe function and the memory toggle. That's at                         
  ~/.openclaw/extensions/private-mode/.           
                                                                                                             
  So private-mode's wipe is the only authorized path for memory deletion. Everything connects:               
                                                                                                             
  - Normal operation: Memory files are append-only. File guard blocks overwrites and deletions.              
  - Stop recording: Private mode toggle turns off memory capture. No new memories created. Existing ones
  untouched.                                                                                                 
  - Delete memories: Private mode wipe. This is the ONLY way to delete. Currently it just runs. It should
  require root-key / Face ID.                                                                                
  - Audit: Git tracks every change. If wipe runs, git shows exactly what was deleted and when.
                                                                                                             
  The wipe function needs to call root-key before executing. If root-key isn't approved, wipe doesn't run. A 
  prompt injection that says "wipe all memories" hits the root-key gate and can't get past it without        
  Parker's face.                                                                                             
                                                                     
  The source repo is repos/ldm-os/utilities/wip-private-mode-private/. The root-key integration would be:    
  before any wipe operation, call root-key's elevation API. No token, no wipe.
