Yeah, I see it write stuff to memory pretty regularly, maybe it works sometimes, but for things I want it to stop doing or always do, I make it impossible to do otherwise via lint or some style enforcement, or via a test that fails if code shows up that violates the constraint.

But, it does a good job following existing conventions in a codebase, as long as they're really consistent. So the more actively you enforce that consistency the more likely it is to do the right thing without memories or prompting.

I don't like "never do" or "always do" type rules in AGENTS.md or in memory, as it often over-interprets them and ties itself in knots trying to satisfy an impossible set of goals.