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Expert Showcase: Agent Memory
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Expert Showcase: Agent Memory

by Ksenia Se, Lewis Liu, Sally Ann O’Malley, Jason Davenport, Jess Weng, Xavier Bull, Shawn Shen, Kris Murphy, Pete Johnson
October 2026
3h 11m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Overview

Without persistent memory, agents forget user preferences, repeat failed actions, lose track of long-running tasks, and struggle to maintain consistency across conversations.

Join our experts as they discuss these pain points of agent memory and state management, and explore the patterns that make production AI agents reliable at scale. You’ll learn practical techniques for memory consolidation, retrieval, and lifecycle management and about the different types of memory: working memory, long-term memory, semantic memory, and more. Whether you’re building autonomous workflows, customer support agents, or multi-agent systems, you’ll leave with concrete insights for designing memory systems that keep your agentic systems more accurate, efficient, and resilient.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it:

  • Understand the different types of agent memory so you can choose the right approach for your system
  • Learn the challenges, pain points, and expert solutions for designing memory systems for agents
  • Create more accurate, efficient, and resilient agentic systems

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ISBN: 0642572428136