When a memorized rule fits your bug too well: a meta-trap of agent workflows

If you have 30 seconds. Versioned memory in a Claude Code workflow has a side effect nobody warns you about: a memorized rule that fits the symptom plausibly short-circuits verification, even when it doesn't apply to the specific counter you're staring at. I cost myself twenty minutes of SQL exploration last week because a rule shaped like the bug — without being the bug — let me skip reading the view that produced the number. Useful if you've started trusting your own feedback files. A delta of