# Semantic memory or just Markdown?

DevFeed: [Semantic memory or just Markdown?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/semantic-memory-or-just-markdown-3907.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/semantic-memory-or-just-markdown>)

Author: Pushpak Chhajed

Published: 2026-09-03T13:03:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [laravel-boost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel-boost.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI coding agents need project conventions without loading every rule into every prompt. It describes replacing semantic search with Markdown files and a generated two-column index for Laravel Boost project rules.

## Source excerpt

Why Laravel Boost project rules use a generated Markdown index after we deleted semantic search.