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+"""YMYL + Active Retrieval: healthcare memory that catches contradictions.
+
+Demonstrates how widemem handles critical health information:
+- YMYL flags medical facts with high importance and decay immunity
+- Active retrieval detects contradictions (e.g. medication changes)
+- Clarification callback lets the app resolve conflicts interactively
+"""
+
+from widemem import WideMemory, MemoryConfig
+from widemem.core.types import LLMConfig, YMYLConfig, ScoringConfig, DecayFunction
+
+
+def handle_clarification(clarifications):
+    """Resolve conflicts by accepting the newer information."""
+    print("\n--- Contradiction detected ---")
+    answers = []
+    for c in clarifications:
+        print(f"  Existing: {c.existing_memory}")
+        print(f"  New:      {c.new_fact}")
+        print(f"  Question: {c.question}")
+        answers.append("Accept the updated information")
+    print("--- Auto-resolving with newest info ---\n")
+    return answers
+
+
+config = MemoryConfig(
+    ymyl=YMYLConfig(
+        enabled=True,
+        categories=["health", "medical", "pharmaceutical", "safety"],
+        min_importance=8.0,
+        decay_immune=True,
+        force_active_retrieval=True,
+    ),
+    scoring=ScoringConfig(
+        decay_function=DecayFunction.EXPONENTIAL,
+        decay_rate=0.01,
+    ),
+    enable_active_retrieval=True,
+    active_retrieval_threshold=0.6,
+)
+
+mem = WideMemory(config)
+
+# Patient intake
+print("=== Patient intake ===")
+result = mem.add(
+    "Patient has type 2 diabetes, diagnosed 2019. Currently on metformin 500mg twice daily. "
+    "Allergic to penicillin. Blood type A+. Emergency contact: spouse Maria, 555-0123.",
+    user_id="patient_001",
+)
+for m in result.memories:
+    print(f"  [{m.importance}] {m.content}")
+
+# Later visit — medication change (should trigger contradiction detection)
+print("\n=== Follow-up visit ===")
+result = mem.add(
+    "Doctor increased metformin to 1000mg twice daily due to elevated HbA1c.",
+    user_id="patient_001",
+    on_clarification=handle_clarification,
+)
+if result.has_clarifications:
+    print(f"Resolved {len(result.clarifications)} medication conflict(s)")
+for m in result.memories:
+    print(f"  [{m.importance}] {m.content}")
+
+# Search — YMYL facts should rank high regardless of age
+print("\n=== Critical info search ===")
+results = mem.search("what medications and allergies", user_id="patient_001", top_k=5)
+for r in results:
+    print(f"  [{r.final_score:.3f}] {r.memory.content}")
+
+# Verify decay immunity — YMYL facts keep full recency score
+print("\n=== Recency scores (YMYL facts should be 1.0) ===")
+for r in results:
+    print(f"  temporal={r.temporal_score:.2f}  {r.memory.content[:60]}...")