DEFINITION
Context Management
Agent Context and State Management
Definition
The infrastructure and practices for maintaining, tracking, and managing the context (state, memory, previous interactions) that agents need to operate effectively. Critical for preventing context loss and side effects in multi-step agent workflows.
Examples in the Wild
- Example 1:Memory persistence systems
- Example 2:Context window management
- Example 3:State tracking across agent calls
- Example 4:Side effect tracking
- Example 5:Token limit management