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Giving Agents a Scratchpad They Re-Read
Use a working file the agent updates and consults each step.
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- 1The premise
- 2scratchpad
- 3working-memory
- 4plan-file
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Section 1
The premise
Long-running agents lose track of their own plan. A persistent scratchpad they update and re-read keeps them coherent across many steps.
What AI does well here
- Write and update a plan file between steps.
- Use the file to recover after a tool error.
What AI cannot do
- Maintain reliable working memory inside the model alone.
- Trust that 'I will remember this' actually persists.
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