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Coherence Cascade Table 3
Level Speed Size Agent Analog
L1 Cache Fastest Smallest Auto-loaded principles (CLAUDE.md)
L2 Cache Fast Medium Session context (quickstart.md, active plan)
L3 Cache Moderate Larger Domain knowledge (agent prompts, standards)
Main Memory Slower Large Reference files (decisions, lessons, docs)
Disk Slowest Largest External resources (MCP tools, web)
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