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[D] Extracting time-aware commitment signals from conversation history — implementation approaches?

Reddit r/MachineLearning / 3/20/2026

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Key Points

  • The system architecture saves key context from multi-model conversations to a persistent store to enable cross-session recall of commitments.
  • The goal is to extract 'commitments' from unstructured dialogue and attach temporal context so unresolved commitments surface when the user logs in.
  • Key challenges include reliably identifying commitment signals, defining staleness/expiration logic, and minimizing false positives that feel intrusive.
  • The post invites approaches to NLP extraction and cites papers on commitment/intention detection in dialogue.

Working on a system that saves key context from multi-model conversations (across GPT, Gemini, Grok, Deepseek, Claude) to a persistent store. The memory layer is working - the interesting problem I'm now looking at is extracting "commitments" from unstructured conversation and attaching temporal context to them.

The goal is session-triggered proactive recall: when a user logs in, the system surfaces relevant unresolved commitments from previous sessions without being prompted.

The challenges I'm thinking through:

  • How to reliably identify commitment signals in natural conversation ("I'll finish this tonight" vs casual mention)
  • Staleness logic - when does a commitment expire or become irrelevant
  • Avoiding false positives that make the system feel intrusive

Has anyone implemented something similar? Interested in approaches to the NLP extraction side specifically, and any papers on commitment/intention detection in dialogue that are worth reading.

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