Agentic memory only works if hard-won lessons are not summarized away. Keeping a support count per lesson and retrieving the relevant few, instead of prepending one ever-growing playbook, cuts context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition →tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → on every call.
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
