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What are the types of agent memory (short-term, long-term, episodic, semantic), and how do you use each?

Agents need memory beyond the context window, and 'just store the history' is the wrong answer. The signal is distinguishing the memory types and mapping each to a storage and retrieval strategy. Here is the answer.

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Agents need memory beyond the context window, and 'just store the history' is the wrong answer. The signal is distinguishing the memory types and mapping each to a storage and retrieval strategy. Here is the answer.

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