Agents don't need memory, they need documentation

liao.gg
October 3, 2026
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Agents Don’t Need Memory. They Need Documentation. A memory plugin analyzes your conversations. It generates 1,000 isolated snippets and inserts them into a vector database. With your every prompt, it attaches the five most similar snippets; if the agent is confused (which it is), it manually searches for more. That’s the product they call “memory.” It’s a strange thing to use when you think about...
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