https://emsenn.net/types/conversation-history-session-checkpoint-vector-memory-structured-knowledge-file-based-memory/ Recent content in Conversation-History, Session-Checkpoint, Vector-Memory, Structured-Knowledge, File-Based-Memory on emsenn.net Hugo en Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/engineering/domains/tech/domains/computing/domains/artificial-intelligence/domains/agents/terms/agent-memory/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://emsenn.net/library/domains/engineering/domains/tech/domains/computing/domains/artificial-intelligence/domains/agents/terms/agent-memory/ <p>Agent memory is the set of mechanisms by which an <a href="./agentic-system.md" class="link-internal">agentic system</a> persists information across interactions. Persistent state is one of the three conditions defining an agentic system; agent memory is how that condition is satisfied in practice.</p> <h3 id="memory-types"><a href="#memory-types" class="heading-anchor" aria-label="Link to this section">¶</a>Memory types </h3> <p><strong>Conversation history.</strong> The simplest form: the full sequence of messages exchanged between user and agent, maintained in the <a href="../../../terms/context-window.md" class="link-internal">context window</a>. This is immediate and high-fidelity but bounded — when the conversation exceeds the window, older messages must be dropped or summarized. Conversation history is volatile; it is lost when the process terminates unless explicitly persisted.</p>