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COMPEL Glossary / agent-memory

Agent memory

The stored context, preferences, observations, and state an agent accumulates across turns or sessions.

What this means in practice

Governable as a data asset: memory governance covers retention scope, persistence boundary, access controls, and review cadence. Memory is the attack surface for memory-poisoning incidents and the carrier for user-specific PII.

Synonyms

agent state memory , persistent agent context , agent working memory

See also

  • Agent observability — The logging, tracing, and evaluation infrastructure that makes an agent's plans, tool calls, memory reads/writes, and decisions auditable after the fact.