diff --git a/internal/memory/memory.go b/internal/memory/memory.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b82f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/memory/memory.go
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+// Package memory is Keel's durable, cross-run memory port. Modes Record derived
+// events and read them back with Recent; the AW-backed adapter persists them to
+// an ActivityWatch bucket. Event-kind names are owned by the modes that write
+// them — this package stays a generic event store.
+package memory
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Event is one derived event Keel chooses to remember. Kind is the event type
+// (e.g. "proposal_made"); Data carries pointers and small values, not copies of
+// other tools' source of truth.
+type Event struct {
+	Kind string
+	At   time.Time
+	Data map[string]any
+}
+
+// Store records derived events and reads recent ones back by kind.
+type Store interface {
+	Record(ctx context.Context, e Event) error
+	Recent(ctx context.Context, kind string, n int) ([]Event, error)
+}
+
+// nopStore is the no-memory fallback used when AW is unreachable or disabled.
+type nopStore struct{}
+
+// NewNop returns a Store that drops writes and returns no history.
+func NewNop() Store { return nopStore{} }
+
+func (nopStore) Record(context.Context, Event) error                  { return nil }
+func (nopStore) Recent(context.Context, string, int) ([]Event, error) { return nil, nil }
+
+// Fake is an in-memory Store for tests.
+type Fake struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	events []Event
+}
+
+// NewFake returns an empty in-memory Store.
+func NewFake() *Fake { return &Fake{} }
+
+func (f *Fake) Record(_ context.Context, e Event) error {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	f.events = append(f.events, e)
+	f.mu.Unlock()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (f *Fake) Recent(_ context.Context, kind string, n int) ([]Event, error) {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	var out []Event
+	for i := len(f.events) - 1; i >= 0 && len(out) < n; i-- {
+		if f.events[i].Kind == kind {
+			out = append(out, f.events[i])
+		}
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// Events returns a snapshot of everything recorded, for test assertions.
+func (f *Fake) Events() []Event {
+	f.mu.Lock()
+	defer f.mu.Unlock()
+	return append([]Event(nil), f.events...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/memory/memory_test.go b/internal/memory/memory_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bc14c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/memory/memory_test.go
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+package memory
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestFakeRecordThenRecentNewestFirstByKind(t *testing.T) {
+	f := NewFake()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	_ = f.Record(ctx, Event{Kind: "proposal_made", At: time.Unix(1, 0), Data: map[string]any{"n": "a"}})
+	_ = f.Record(ctx, Event{Kind: "action_taken", At: time.Unix(2, 0)})
+	_ = f.Record(ctx, Event{Kind: "proposal_made", At: time.Unix(3, 0), Data: map[string]any{"n": "b"}})
+
+	got, err := f.Recent(ctx, "proposal_made", 5)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Recent: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 2 || got[0].Data["n"] != "b" {
+		t.Fatalf("want newest-first [b,a], got %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFakeRecentRespectsLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	f := NewFake()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+		_ = f.Record(ctx, Event{Kind: "proposal_made", At: time.Unix(int64(i), 0)})
+	}
+	got, _ := f.Recent(ctx, "proposal_made", 2)
+	if len(got) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("limit not honored: %d", len(got))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNopStoreIsInert(t *testing.T) {
+	s := NewNop()
+	if err := s.Record(context.Background(), Event{Kind: "x"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("nop Record: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := s.Recent(context.Background(), "x", 5)
+	if err != nil || len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("nop Recent = %+v, %v", got, err)
+	}
+}