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Understanding AI Agents

In-context memory is temporary and lives only within the current prompt window; external memory persists beyond the session and must be explicitly retrieved

In-context memory is faster to access but more expensive; external memory is cheaper but slower

In-context memory stores facts from training; external memory stores the current task state

There is no meaningful difference — both refer to the same underlying storage mechanism

What is the difference between in-context memory and external memory in an AI agent?