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Agent memory
Mechanisms that let an assistant or agent remember facts, preferences, and history across sessions and tasks.
Definition
Memory ranges from short-term context within a conversation to long-term stores of user preferences, past decisions, and documents, retrieved when relevant. Products expose controls to view, edit, or delete memories, which matters for privacy. Effective memory makes assistants more personal and agents more consistent over long tasks.
Why it matters when choosing a tool
Memory features change how useful an assistant becomes over time, and how carefully you must manage what it retains.
Where you will meet it
AI Assistants, AI Agent & Chatbot Builders, AI Knowledge Management
Related terms
Context window · Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) · Data residency and privacy
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