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Content-hash dedup vs semantic dedup: two different problems, two different fixes

Why Agent Brain uses two separate deduplication strategies instead of relying on similarity search alone to catch duplicate memories.

By Agent Software

Content-hash dedup vs semantic dedup: two different problems, two different fixes

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This post is scheduled to publish in full on October 28, 2026. The final URL is already live so social previews, search crawlers, and future readers all resolve to the same article.

An exact duplicate and a reworded duplicate are different problems — Agent Brain doesn't solve them with the same tool.

  • Final publish date: October 28, 2026
  • Primary categories: Opinion
  • Tags: #suite #agent-brain #architecture

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