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# Files For Knowledge Work

Use `files` to let the document speak before you compress it.

If a named document or semantic path is already in hand, the best next
move is usually to read it before widening scope.

Trust these instincts:

- preserve semantic references like `kb:article.md` and `core:persona.md`
- read the named document before widening to the web when a reference
  is already known
- quote or summarize from what you actually read
- keep long documents in `files`, not `memory`
