# Post 1: Why Memory First?

**Series:** The Graph-of-Agents Reasoning Model (1 of 7)
**Visual:** `stories/node-anatomy/story-node-anatomy.png` or `posts/story-node-square.png`
**Platforms:** LinkedIn, Twitter thread, Reddit

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## LinkedIn / Facebook Caption

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Most AI coding tools do this:

Question → LLM → Answer
(50,000 tokens, $0.15, 2 minutes)

GraQle does this:

Question → Memory → Embedding → LLM → Answer
(500 tokens, $0.0003, 5 seconds)

The difference? We don't ask the LLM to figure out your architecture.
We already know it.

When you ask "what depends on auth?" — the graph ALREADY knows:
• 3 direct consumers (routes, api, middleware)
• 11 transitive dependencies
• Last modified: 2 days ago
• Past mistakes: "never skip refresh token rotation"
• Hit frequency: 14 queries this week

That's the Memory layer. Pure graph traversal.
Zero LLM tokens. Zero cost. Instant.

Only AFTER memory has narrowed the context do we touch
embeddings. And only AFTER embeddings have scored relevance
do we invoke the LLM — with 500 tokens of precisely
selected context instead of 50,000 tokens of raw files.

Memory first. Embeddings second. LLM last.
That's the entire insight.

pip install graqle
https://graqle.com

#KnowledgeGraph #AI #DevTools #GraphOfAgents #GraQle
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## Twitter / X Thread

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🧵 Why does GraQle cost 100x less than RAG for code?

One design decision: Memory first. LLM last.

Here's the full reasoning model 👇
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1/ Most AI tools: Question → LLM → Answer

Every question = read files = burn tokens = guess.

GraQle: Question → Memory → Embedding → LLM → Answer

Three layers. Cheapest first. Most expensive last.
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2/ LAYER 1: Memory (cost: $0)

The graph already knows your architecture.
No LLM needed to check:
- Who imports auth.py? → 3 modules
- What's the dependency depth? → 11 transitive
- Any past mistakes? → "never skip refresh token rotation"

Pure graph traversal. Instant.
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3/ This is the key insight most tools miss.

RAG throws everything at the LLM.
GraQle asks: "What do we ALREADY KNOW before calling the model?"

The answer is usually: a lot.
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## Reddit (r/Python, r/MachineLearning)

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Title: Why we query the graph before the LLM — and why it's 100x cheaper

Most AI coding tools follow this pattern:
Question → Vector search → Stuff context → LLM → Answer

GraQle follows this:
Question → Graph memory → Embedding similarity → LLM reasoning → Answer

The difference is in the ordering. By checking what the graph
already knows (edges, consumers, dependency depth, past mistakes)
BEFORE touching the LLM, we eliminate 99% of unnecessary token usage.

The graph memory layer costs $0. It's pure NetworkX traversal.
The embedding layer costs ~$0.00001 (one vector call for the query).
The LLM layer costs ~$0.0003 (500 tokens of precisely selected context).

Total: $0.0003 vs $0.15 for traditional RAG.

The insight isn't new — it's the same principle as database query
optimization. Check the index before doing a full table scan.
We just applied it to LLM reasoning over code.

Paper reference: arXiv:2508.00031 (GCC framework, 48% SWE-Bench-Lite)
GitHub: github.com/quantamixsol/graqle
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