Short-Term Memory

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Short-Term Memory: What an Agent Actually Needs Within One Run

Explains the difference between conversation history, scratchpad state, and tool-result caching within a session.

Python Agent Short Term Memory Explainer Conversation History

Learn to implement short-term agent memory in Python. Explore 8 examples to manage conversation history, control message list size, and use session keys.

Python Agent Short Term Memory Basics Conversation History

Managing Conversation History Within a Context Budget

Manage multi-turn agent conversations within a context budget. Learn to trim or summarize older turns to prevent silent deletion of goals or tool results.

Python Agent Short Term Memory History Context Budget

Redis for Fast Short-Term Agent State

Store agent conversation history and scratchpad values in Redis. Learn to serialize session data, manage keys, set TTLs, and handle updates.

Python Agent Short Term Memory Redis Session State

Scratchpad Patterns: Letting an Agent Track Its Own Progress

Python Agent Short Term Memory Scratchpad Working Memory

Summarization Strategies for Long-Running Conversations

Python Agent Short Term Memory Summarization Context Budget

Session Isolation: Keeping One User's Agent State Separate from Another's

Prevent cross-session data leaks in multi-tenant agent applications. This checklist helps scope short-term agent state to isolate user data.

Python Agent Short Term Memory List Cheatsheet

Short-Term Memory Best Practices

Learn ten best practices for managing short-term memory in multi-turn agents, covering isolation, context budget, and state compression.

Python Agent Short Term Memory Best Practices List

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