8 AI Agent Memory Patterns for Production Systems (Beyond Basic RAG)
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8 AI Agent Memory Patterns for Production Systems (Beyond Basic RAG) Every AI agent tutorial shows stateless request-response. User asks, agent answers, context vanishes. Real agents need memory. Not just "stuff the last 10 messages into the prompt" — actual structured memory that persists, compresses, and retrieves intelligently. Here are 8 memory patterns we use in production, ranked from simplest to most sophisticated. 1. Sliding Window with Smart Summarization The