Agent Memory Management Strategies #

Memory is crucial for agent effectiveness. Agents must balance immediate task context with long-term knowledge retention.

Memory Types #

  • Working memory: Short-term task context
  • Episodic memory: Past experiences and events
  • Semantic memory: General knowledge and facts
  • Procedural memory: Skills and routines

Management Techniques #

  • LRU caching: Evict least recently used data
  • TTL policies: Automatic expiration of stale information
  • Indexing: Fast retrieval of relevant memories
  • Compression: Reduce storage requirements

Implementation Patterns #

bash
# Set working memory with TTL
agent memory set --key task_context --ttl 3600

# Query semantic memory
agent memory query --type semantic --query "how to deploy"