AI article
Beyond context: how we built a 7-layer memory for a local AI agent
Community description: A case study on persistence, retrieval, provenance and memory evaluation in autonomous agents — with real numbers, limitations and a few very instructive bugs.
Dev.to | Oct 18, 2026 | Antonio Pasolini
Automated excerpt
Memory is not one problem but five: persistence, retrieval, provenance, cost and integrity. Retrieval: an informal question must find a fact even when it uses different words. Integrity: updates, compactions and backups must not silently destroy memory.
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