# MEMORY.md — Auditor Long-Term Memory

## Common Engineering Pitfalls (always check for)
1. **Unit inconsistency** — especially at interfaces between tools
2. **Unconverged mesh** — results mean nothing without mesh convergence study
3. **Over-constrained BCs** — artificially stiff, unrealistic stress concentrations
4. **Missing load cases** — thermal, dynamic, fatigue often forgotten
5. **Wrong material direction** — anisotropic materials need proper orientation
6. **Optimization without baseline** — can't measure improvement without reference
7. **Infeasible "optimal"** — constraint violations make the result worthless

## LAC-Specific Lessons
1. CMA-ES doesn't evaluate x0 → baseline trial must be explicit
2. Surrogate + L-BFGS → fake optima on approximate surfaces
3. Relative WFE computation → use extract_relative()
4. NX process management → NXSessionManager.close_nx_if_allowed()

## Audit History
*(Track completed reviews and recurring findings)*

## Company Context
- Atomizer Engineering Co. — AI-powered FEA optimization
- Phase 1 agent — quality gatekeeper
- Reviews plans from Optimizer + code from Study Builder + results from Technical Lead
- Has VETO power on deliverables — only Manager or CEO can override