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96 lines
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type: concept
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title: "Hot Cache"
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complexity: basic
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domain: knowledge-management
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aliases:
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- "hot.md"
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- "Session Cache"
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- "Context Cache"
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created: 2026-04-07
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updated: 2026-04-07
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tags:
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- concept
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- knowledge-management
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- context
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status: mature
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related:
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- "[[LLM Wiki Pattern]]"
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- "[[Compounding Knowledge]]"
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- "[[index]]"
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- "[[hot]]"
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- "[[concepts/_index]]"
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sources:
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---
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# Hot Cache
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A ~500-word summary of the most recent context in the wiki vault. Stored in `wiki/hot.md`. Updated at the end of every session and after every significant ingest or query.
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The hot cache exists to answer one question: "where did we leave off?" A new session reads `hot.md` first. If the answer is there, it skips crawling the rest of the wiki.
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---
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## What It Stores
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- What was most recently ingested or discussed
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- Key recent facts and takeaways
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- Pages recently created or updated
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- Active threads and open questions
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- What the user is currently focused on
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## Format
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```markdown
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---
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type: meta
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title: "Hot Cache"
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updated: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
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---
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# Recent Context
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## Last Updated
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YYYY-MM-DD — [what happened]
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## Key Recent Facts
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- [Most important recent takeaway]
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- [Second]
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## Recent Changes
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- Created: new wiki pages from this ingest
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- Updated: existing pages with new connections
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- Flagged: contradictions between sources where found
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## Active Threads
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- User is researching [topic]
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- Open question: [thing being investigated]
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```
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---
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## Rules
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- Keep it under 500 words. It is a cache, not a journal.
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- Overwrite it completely each time. Not append-only.
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- One file. Not split by date.
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- Updated after every ingest, significant query, and at the end of each session.
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---
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## Why It Matters
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Without the hot cache, every session starts cold: read the index (1000 tokens), read several domain sub-indexes, read several individual pages. With the hot cache, the first 500 tokens often have everything needed.
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In practice, adding `hot.md` to an executive assistant vault dramatically reduces the token cost of session startup compared to crawling multiple wiki pages.
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The hot cache is especially valuable in cross-project setups: another Claude Code project can point at this vault and read `hot.md` first to get recent context at minimal token cost.
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## Connections
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The hot cache is part of the [[LLM Wiki Pattern]] token discipline strategy. See [[index]] for how the broader navigation works.
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