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Short-Term Memory (Conversation)

In-session conversation + tool outputs + scratchpad. Must fit in context window.

2 hours1 prereqs

Short-term memory = everything needed for this session, this task. The context window itself.

Composition:

System prompt (fixed)
User initial request
All tool calls + results
Model's intermediate thoughts (if any)

Anti-patterns:

Keeping a 5-page raw HTML tool result as-is
Sending the first 49 of a 50-turn conversation every time
Accumulating tool results without summarizing

Prerequisites

Agent Context Window Management

Long trajectories blow up context — summary, pruning, sliding window are mandatory.

✓ Loop Architecture Done

Long-Term Memory

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