AI Agent Memory Systems: Short-Term vs Long-Term Persistent Context
This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. One of the most common frustrations when building AI agents is watching them forget everything the moment a conversation ends—or worse, running out of context halfway through a long session. Memory is what separates a toy chatbot from a production-grade agent. In this guide, you will build a two-tier memory system: fast in-memory buffer for recent turns, and a persistent vector store for long-term recall. All code is runnable with Python 3.11+ and the Anthropic SDK. ...