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Short-term memory vs long-term memory in agents

Short-term memory is the active conversation context, while long-term memory is persisted information reused across sessions or tasks.

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Short-term memory vs long-term memory in agents

Short-term memory is the active conversation context, while long-term memory is persisted information reused across sessions or tasks.

  • Short-term lives in the current context window
  • Long-term is stored externally
  • Memory quality depends on retrieval and summarization

Short-term memory vs long-term memory in agents