Operate agent memory
Skill hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use/skills/ai-engineer-talks/operate-agent-memory
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Runs checklists and workflows for agent context engineering — separating context from memory, smart truncation, sub-agent offload, and long-session evals. Use when the user hits context limits on observability or trace-heavy agents, designs multi-turn memory, or says "context management", "escape context window", "agent forgets follow-ups".
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Operate agent memory
Action playbook from Sally-Ann Delucia (Arize Alex). Do not summarize the talk — pick a workflow and execute it.
Supporting files:
- workflows.md — workflows A–E
- source-index.md — talk → learnings
Optional deliverables: {SKILL_OUTPUT_DIR}/operate-agent-memory/
Step 0 — Pick workflow
What is the user trying to do?
├─ Diagnose context death spiral (retry adds data) → A
├─ Design in-window vs memory split → B
├─ Implement truncation + retrievable store → C
├─ Add long-session regression evals → D
└─ Split main vs sub-agent context budgets → E
Stop summarizing once a workflow is identified — run its checklist.
Install
cp -r skills/operate-agent-memory ~/.claude/skills/
cp -r skills/operate-agent-memory ~/.cursor/skills/
cp -r skills/operate-agent-memory ~/.codex/skills/
Source: ingest-into-skills playlists/memory-ai-engineer/.
Cross-cutting rules
| Rule | Source |
|---|---|
| Context = what the model sees; memory = what survives outside | [src-001 @ 7:48] |
| Agents fail on context, not prompts | [src-001 @ 14:14] |
| Naive head truncation breaks follow-ups | [src-001 @ 5:18] |
| Uncontrolled summarization is unreliable | [src-001 @ 6:15] |
| Long sessions fail late — eval turn N+1 | [src-001 @ 8:44] |
Output to user
- Name the workflow (A–E) and deliverable
- Save artifacts under
./skill-outputs/operate-agent-memory/when useful - Do not auto-commit
Invocation examples
@operate-agent-memory our agent loses thread on turn 12
design sub-agents for heavy trace search
long-session eval harness for support copilot