“If I were building an agent from scratch, I wouldn't start by saying, let's remember everything. I would start with the job the agent is expected to perform, and I would work backwards from that.”

Sowjanya Pandruju · Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers · Sowjanya Pandruju on Managing Agent State

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design the agent state model by starting with the job the agent is expected to perform and working backwards to decide which pieces of information need to be remembered, how long, and what happens if lost

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