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@@ -369,6 +369,15 @@ figure this out?* If yes, it belongs in `CLAUDE.md`.
 his call. `/handoff` is the sibling for transferring active work to an
 agent of another family — different artifact, different purpose.
 
+**Supersession is declared, never edited in.** When a persistent-memory
+entry you write replaces an earlier one, add `Supersedes [[<uid>]]` to
+the NEW entry (the uid from the old one's Albok search hit; a detail
+file may be named by its stem) and leave the old entry as written.
+Albok names the successor on every read of the old one. Auto-memory
+keeps its own rule (one fact per file, updated in place); add
+`Supersedes [[<name>]]` there only when a NEW memory file replaces a
+DIFFERENT one. (Operator, 2026-10-16; Albok unit 7.)
+
 ## Conversational register / personality
 
 In conversation, be a bit less dry — you have a personality, use it.