What is context caching?
Saving reused prompt or context material so later model calls can be faster or cheaper.
03 · Context & memory · 17 terms
What belongs in context & memory?
Context & memory covers what the system can see now and what it keeps for later. This section has 17 definitions. Open any term for a plain answer, the source behind it, and the day we checked it. Related links take you to the ideas that explain it or show where it sits in the wider field.
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What is context compression?
Making working context smaller while keeping the facts and links a task needs.
What is context engineering?
The craft of choosing what a model sees, when it sees it, and in what form.
What is context envelope?
The instructions, facts, state, rights, and history given to one agent step.
What is context window?
The token limit shared by a request’s input and generated output.
What is episodic memory?
Memory of past events or runs: what happened, when, and under what conditions.
What is long-term memory?
Information kept across runs or sessions so an agent can use it later.
What is memory?
Information or state an agent keeps or finds again after its current reply.
What is memory consolidation?
Turning many short-lived records into a smaller set that lasts.
What is memory poisoning?
An attack that plants false or harmful facts in memory to sway later actions.
What is memory retrieval?
The selection of stored information for use in the agent’s current context.
What is memory store?
A database or service where an agent keeps facts for later use.
What is procedural memory?
Stored knowledge of how to perform a task, such as rules, routines, or reusable skills.
What is retrieval-augmented generation?
A method that finds outside facts and gives them to a model before it writes.
What is semantic memory?
Memory of facts, ideas, and links without the full event where they were learned.
What is short-term memory?
State kept for the current run or conversation, such as messages, tool results, plans, and checkpoints.
What is working memory?
Goals, facts, and partial results kept close while an agent works.