Agent Frameworks
How do you handle session state and memory persistence for agents?
QUICK ANSWER
Store conversation history in a database keyed by session ID, load recent turns during requests, and summarize old messages to fit the context window.
Memory Persistence Workflow
- Save every message turn (both user and assistant roles) to your database.
- For each request, load the database array to construct your API payload.
- Implement a sliding window: if the token count exceeds 150,000, trigger Claude to summarize the oldest 50% of the conversation and replace them with a single summary message.
Verified against: Anthropic Memory Engineering Guidelines