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What Belongs in Agent Memory
A durable handoff separates observations, hypotheses and unfinished work, then records what would make each observation stale.
[AI & Data][Software Engineering]
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A durable handoff separates observations, hypotheses and unfinished work, then records what would make each observation stale.
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