Durable contract

## The markdown corpus is the product

`~/meetings/*.md` is the durable memory surface. If the sidecar databases disappear, the conversation corpus still exists as files that any agent or human tool can read directly.

Why sidecars exist

## Recall gets faster without swallowing the source

`graph.db` and `context.db` keep relationship, artifact, and desktop-context indexes local and adjacent. They enrich recall and MCP workflows without becoming the only place the truth lives.

Surface strategy

## One backend, many ways in

The desktop app and CLI handle capture and operator workflows. `minutes-mcp` turns the same local memory plane into agent tools, resources, and interactive dashboards for Codex, Claude, OpenCode, and related clients.