When a recurring failure stems from the shape of an interface (hooks fire every turn, payload looks like a directive, LLM defaults to honoring embedded text), the fix lives in a skill — a re-readable rule file. When the failure is purely behavioral (a habit you keep slipping on), it belongs in memory. Conflating the two means you put a behavioral reminder where a structural guardrail was needed, or vice versa, and the slippage keeps repeating.
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