AI 101

Memory store

Also known as: agent memory store

Agents

A memory store is the structured place where an agent persists information beyond a single turn: decisions made, facts learned, past results.

  • Written on demand, retrieved when relevant.
  • Can be simple (key–value) or semantic (embeddings + search).
  • The bridge between short-term context and long-term recall.

The design question: what should the agent remember, and for how long? A memory store is as much a policy decision as a technical one.