diff --git a/backend/app/services/interviews/adapters.py b/backend/app/services/interviews/adapters.py
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+from __future__ import annotations
+import csv
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+from app.services.interviews.base import PersonaRecord, MemoryDigest
+
+
+class FileSystemPersonaProvider:
+    """Reads OASIS profiles from the simulation's `reddit_profiles.json` and/or `twitter_profiles.csv`.
+
+    If both are present, agents from `reddit_profiles.json` take precedence; twitter-only agents are appended.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, reddit_path: Optional[Path], twitter_path: Optional[Path]):
+        self.reddit_path = Path(reddit_path) if reddit_path else None
+        self.twitter_path = Path(twitter_path) if twitter_path else None
+
+    def _load_reddit(self) -> list[PersonaRecord]:
+        if not self.reddit_path or not self.reddit_path.exists():
+            return []
+        data = json.loads(self.reddit_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        out = []
+        for row in data:
+            out.append(PersonaRecord(
+                agent_id=int(row.get("user_id")),
+                name=str(row.get("name") or row.get("user_name") or f"agent_{row.get('user_id')}"),
+                persona=str(row.get("persona") or row.get("bio") or ""),
+                profession=row.get("profession"),
+                bio=row.get("bio"),
+            ))
+        return out
+
+    def _load_twitter(self) -> list[PersonaRecord]:
+        if not self.twitter_path or not self.twitter_path.exists():
+            return []
+        out = []
+        with self.twitter_path.open("r", encoding="utf-8", newline="") as f:
+            for row in csv.DictReader(f):
+                if not row.get("user_id"):
+                    continue
+                out.append(PersonaRecord(
+                    agent_id=int(row["user_id"]),
+                    name=str(row.get("name") or row.get("user_name") or f"agent_{row['user_id']}"),
+                    persona=str(row.get("persona") or row.get("bio") or ""),
+                    profession=row.get("profession"),
+                    bio=row.get("bio"),
+                ))
+        return out
+
+    def all(self) -> list[PersonaRecord]:
+        reddit = self._load_reddit()
+        seen = {p.agent_id for p in reddit}
+        twitter = [p for p in self._load_twitter() if p.agent_id not in seen]
+        return reddit + twitter
+
+
+class ZepMemoryProvider:
+    """Builds a bounded memory digest per agent from Zep entity context.
+
+    Maps `agent_id` (OASIS user_id) to a Zep entity UUID; falls back to the agent_id as a string.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, entity_reader, graph_id: str, agent_to_entity: dict[int, str] | None = None):
+        self.reader = entity_reader
+        self.graph_id = graph_id
+        self.map = dict(agent_to_entity or {})
+
+    def get_digest(self, agent_id: int, max_chars: int = 2000) -> MemoryDigest:
+        entity_uuid = self.map.get(agent_id) or str(agent_id)
+        try:
+            ctx = self.reader.get_entity_with_context(self.graph_id, entity_uuid)
+        except Exception:
+            return MemoryDigest(text=f"[no memory for agent {agent_id}]", available=False)
+        parts: list[str] = []
+        name = getattr(ctx, "name", None)
+        summary = getattr(ctx, "summary", None)
+        if name:
+            parts.append(f"Name: {name}")
+        if summary:
+            parts.append(f"Summary: {summary}")
+        edges = getattr(ctx, "related_edges", []) or []
+        for e in edges[:20]:
+            fact = e.get("fact") if isinstance(e, dict) else getattr(e, "fact", None)
+            if fact:
+                parts.append(f"- {fact}")
+        text = "\n".join(parts)
+        if len(text) > max_chars:
+            text = text[: max_chars - 1] + "…"
+        return MemoryDigest(text=text or f"[empty memory for agent {agent_id}]", available=True)
diff --git a/backend/tests/interviews/test_adapters.py b/backend/tests/interviews/test_adapters.py
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+import csv
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from app.services.interviews.adapters import (
+    FileSystemPersonaProvider, ZepMemoryProvider,
+)
+
+def _write_reddit_profiles(tmp_path: Path):
+    data = [
+        {"user_id": 0, "user_name": "fischer1", "name": "Fischer Müller",
+         "persona": "I am a small-scale Baltic fisher.", "profession": "fisher", "bio": ""},
+        {"user_id": 1, "user_name": "ngo1", "name": "Ines NGO",
+         "persona": "I work for an environmental NGO.", "profession": "ngo_staff", "bio": ""},
+    ]
+    p = tmp_path / "reddit_profiles.json"
+    p.write_text(json.dumps(data), encoding="utf-8")
+    return p
+
+def test_file_system_persona_provider_reads_reddit_json(tmp_path):
+    p = _write_reddit_profiles(tmp_path)
+    provider = FileSystemPersonaProvider(reddit_path=p, twitter_path=None)
+    personas = provider.all()
+    assert len(personas) == 2
+    assert personas[0].name == "Fischer Müller"
+    assert personas[0].agent_id == 0
+
+def test_zep_memory_provider_returns_empty_when_unavailable():
+    class _BrokenReader:
+        def get_entity_with_context(self, *a, **kw):
+            raise RuntimeError("offline")
+    prov = ZepMemoryProvider(entity_reader=_BrokenReader(), graph_id="g1",
+                             agent_to_entity={0: "uuid-zero"})
+    d = prov.get_digest(0)
+    assert d.available is False
+    assert d.text != ""
+
+def test_zep_memory_provider_truncates_to_max_chars():
+    class _R:
+        def get_entity_with_context(self, *a, **kw):
+            class _Ctx:
+                name = "X"; summary = "Y"
+                related_edges = [{"fact": "very long fact " * 200}]
+            return _Ctx()
+    prov = ZepMemoryProvider(entity_reader=_R(), graph_id="g1",
+                             agent_to_entity={5: "uuid-five"})
+    d = prov.get_digest(5, max_chars=300)
+    assert d.available is True
+    assert len(d.text) <= 300