Pattern: Agent Memory Becoming a Benchmarked Competitive Category With Standardized Evaluations

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Three independent agent memory projects — MemPalace (96.6% LongMemEval, 52K stars), ByteRover CLI (96.1% LoCoMo, 4.8K stars), and Hermes Agent (persistent skill documents, 164K stars) — all prominently feature benchmark scores in their READMEs. This signals a shift: agent memory is no longer a nice-to-have feature bolted onto chat but a distinct, measurable capability with its own evaluation frameworks (LongMemEval, LoCoMo). Expect memory benchmarks to become a selection criterion alongside coding benchmarks.