diff --git a/graph/decisions/removed-coremd-auto-loading-from-sessions-rely-on-mcp-recall-42c9a0.md b/graph/decisions/removed-coremd-auto-loading-from-sessions-rely-on-mcp-recall-42c9a0.md
index f0c3c3e7673..ea35922f41f 100644
--- a/graph/decisions/removed-coremd-auto-loading-from-sessions-rely-on-mcp-recall-42c9a0.md
+++ b/graph/decisions/removed-coremd-auto-loading-from-sessions-rely-on-mcp-recall-42c9a0.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
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 type: decision
 title: "Removed CORE.md auto-loading from sessions — rely on MCP recall instead"
-tags: ["[\\\\\\\"cognitive-memory\\\\\\\"", core-md, optimization, architecture, "\\\\\\\"claude-code\\\\\\\"]"]
+tags: ["[\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"cognitive-memory\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"", core-md, optimization, architecture, "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"claude-code\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"]"]
 importance: 0.8
 confidence: 0.8
 created: "2026-02-28T20:56:21.791535+00:00"
-updated: "2026-02-28T20:57:03.007832+00:00"
+updated: "2026-02-28T20:57:20.023293+00:00"
 relations:
   - target: 7435a3ce-1360-4309-a33b-eb226fe1fb07
     type: CAUSES
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ relations:
     direction: outgoing
     strength: 0.8
     edge_id: 99dae68e-b74a-44b4-9ec2-7a22ca7ade01
+  - target: 5cb26f44-8100-413d-8fa1-3668472a7672
+    type: ALTERNATIVE_TO
+    direction: outgoing
+    strength: 0.8
+    edge_id: fb2582f8-0473-40e3-9b46-830a7ea9b693
 ---
 
 # CORE.md Auto-Loading Removed (MCP-First Approach)
diff --git a/graph/edges/removed-coremd-auto-loading-fr--ALTERNATIVE_TO--coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-fb2582.md b/graph/edges/removed-coremd-auto-loading-fr--ALTERNATIVE_TO--coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-fb2582.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1087c3dbde1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graph/edges/removed-coremd-auto-loading-fr--ALTERNATIVE_TO--coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-fb2582.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+id: fb2582f8-0473-40e3-9b46-830a7ea9b693
+type: ALTERNATIVE_TO
+from_id: 42c9a09c-1049-4628-9bbd-1a2f03769c2f
+from_title: "Removed CORE.md auto-loading from sessions — rely on MCP recall instead"
+to_id: 5cb26f44-8100-413d-8fa1-3668472a7672
+to_title: "CORE.md auto-load via MEMORY.md symlinks"
+strength: 0.8
+created: "2026-02-28T20:57:20.023293+00:00"
+updated: "2026-02-28T20:57:20.023293+00:00"
+---
+
+MCP-first recall replaces the MEMORY.md symlink mechanism for context loading
diff --git a/graph/solutions/coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-symlinks-5cb26f.md b/graph/solutions/coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-symlinks-5cb26f.md
index d4cb4c221e0..d25fc7036f3 100644
--- a/graph/solutions/coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-symlinks-5cb26f.md
+++ b/graph/solutions/coremd-auto-load-via-memorymd-symlinks-5cb26f.md
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ tags: [cognitive-memory, claude-code, automation, configuration]
 importance: 0.9
 confidence: 0.8
 created: "2026-02-16T16:45:34.975722+00:00"
-updated: "2026-02-20T04:32:33.773548+00:00"
+updated: "2026-02-28T20:57:20.023293+00:00"
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+  - target: 42c9a09c-1049-4628-9bbd-1a2f03769c2f
+    type: ALTERNATIVE_TO
+    direction: incoming
+    strength: 0.8
+    edge_id: fb2582f8-0473-40e3-9b46-830a7ea9b693
 ---
 
 Solved unreliable CORE.md loading at session start. Claude Code auto-injects each project's ~/.claude/projects/<project>/memory/MEMORY.md into the system prompt. Symlinked all project MEMORY.md files to ~/.claude/memory/CORE.md. Script at ~/.local/bin/claude-memory-symlinks refreshes symlinks daily via cognitive-memory-daily.service. Migrated project-specific MEMORY.md content (major-domo infra, strat-gameplay encoding) into cognitive memory before replacing. Updated ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md to remove manual load instruction. Documented in claude-home/development/claude-code-memory-autoload.md.