Khalid ShamsPrincipal Solutions Architect

Learn AI · On the map · Agents · idea 30 of 44

Memory

How an AI keeps track of things beyond the current conversation.

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Read the concept diagram
See it drawn: Follow one request through a governed AI system Anchor: retrieve facts, never let the agent remember them

In one line

How an AI keeps track of things beyond the current conversation.

Picture it

A notebook the assistant writes in and reads from, because the desk gets cleared between visits.

Under the hood

Short-term memory is the context window. Long-term memory is stored outside the model (a database or vector store) and retrieved back in. Models don't learn from conversations unless someone trains them again.

Builds on

AI AgentsContext Window

Leads to

none

On a guided path

Path 4: What makes it an agent, stop 5 of 9.

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