Agent-Driven CRUD Memory Management

Memory Agent

Let coding agents manage their own memory using what they do best — editing files.
A dynamic, controllable, and reversible approach to context management.

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The Problem

As development progresses, conversation history keeps growing and agent performance degrades.

Add Features
History Bloats
Context Fills Up
Agent Degrades
Context Window Usage0%

The Solution

Memory Agent performs intelligent CRUD on the memory file before each task, keeping context lean and relevant.

User Next Task

User submits the next development task, e.g. "Add rate limiting to the API"

Agent Memory Agent

1. Analyze task requirements → 2. Scan memory file → 3. Execute CRUD operations

Output Refined Memory File

1200 lines → 500 lines | Keep critical info, compress redundancy, delete outdated content

Agent Coding Agent

Uses the refined memory file as context to efficiently execute the development task

Interactive Demo

Select a task scenario to see how Memory Agent intelligently processes the memory file.

memory-agent --process
Task Selection
Memory File (Before)
12
Lines
0
Keep
0
Compress
0
Delete
Agent Log
Memory File (After)
0
Lines
0%
Saved

Summary vs Memory Agent

Why agent-driven CRUD outperforms traditional summarization.

Summary Method

Generalized summaries lose critical details
Static compression, cannot adapt to tasks
Irreversible — original information is lost
Coarse-grained, one-size-fits-all
Requires custom tool integration

Memory Agent CRUD

Preserves original critical information
Dynamically adapts based on the next task
Fully reversible — original file is kept
Fine-grained, line-level CRUD operations
Reuses the agent's existing file-editing abilities
"No new abstraction layers — it reuses the ability coding agents already excel at: editing files.
The agent manages its own memory using the skills it already has.
It is, in essence, an agent's self-editing."

How It Works

Four key steps in the Memory Agent workflow.

1

Analyze Next Task

The Memory Agent receives the user's next task and identifies the context and dependencies it requires.

2

Scan Memory File

Scans the current memory file line by line, tagging each section by relevance: high / compressible / deletable.

3

Execute CRUD

Create new notes | Read & keep key info | Update & compress verbose sections | Delete outdated content. The original file is automatically backed up.

4

Output Refined Context

Produces a refined memory file for the Coding Agent to use as efficient context. Trading token cost for context quality.