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Negative Memory: Teaching AI Agents What Not To Do
Community description: Most agent memory is about success. We store the fix that worked, the query that returned the right...
Dev.to | Nov 8, 2026 | Matchiffo Ynna
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Before the agent runs a tool or proposes a fix, it searches the negative memory for entries similar to the planned action and the current context. Scope entries by service, environment and time. Store entries as rows, embed action + context, and run a similarity search before each tool call.
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