diff --git a/nexus/components/memory-optimizer.js b/nexus/components/memory-optimizer.js
index 1c583d26..732cc534 100644
--- a/nexus/components/memory-optimizer.js
+++ b/nexus/components/memory-optimizer.js
@@ -4,15 +4,25 @@ class MemoryOptimizer {
         this.threshold = options.threshold || 0.3;
         this.decayRate = options.decayRate || 0.01;
         this.lastRun = Date.now();
+        this.blackboard = options.blackboard || null;
     }
+
     optimize(memories) {
         const now = Date.now();
         const elapsed = (now - this.lastRun) / 1000;
         this.lastRun = now;
-        return memories.map(m => {
+
+        const result = memories.map(m => {
             const decay = (m.importance || 1) * this.decayRate * elapsed;
             return { ...m, strength: Math.max(0, (m.strength || 1) - decay) };
         }).filter(m => m.strength > this.threshold || m.locked);
+
+        if (this.blackboard) {
+            this.blackboard.write('memory_count', result.length, 'MemoryOptimizer');
+            this.blackboard.write('optimization_last_run', now, 'MemoryOptimizer');
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 }
 export default MemoryOptimizer;