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A vector database can retrieve similar chunks. That is useful, but it is not memory.
Code: github.com/oracle-devrel/oracle-ai-developer-hub/tree/main/apps/rag-to-memory-systems-demo
In this walkthrough, we show what has to sit around retrieval to make #ai #agents actually stateful: typed memory, scoped records, promotion gates, fallback retrieval, prompt assembly, and traces.
CHAPTERS
00:00 From RAG retrieval to durable memory
00:49 Why retrieval is not memory
01:13 Five components of stateful memory
01:47 Architecture and local setup
02:47 Five typed memory stores
04:09 Stable context vs. dynamic context
05:06 Unified retrieval and one security model
05:42 Graceful fallback when retrieval degrades
06:12 The promotion gate for durable writes
07:17 Live demo: preferences and atomic supersession
08:20 Persistence, provisional memory, and confirmation
09:01 Models are shared. The memory system is yours.
If you are building agent platforms, RAG applications, copilots, or workflow agents, this is the shift from top-k search to real memory architecture.
The core idea: models are shared. The memory system is yours.
If you are building agent platforms, RAG apps, copilots, or workflow agents, this is the shift from top-k search to real memory architecture.
The core idea: models are shared. The memory system is yours.
A vector database can retrieve similar chunks. That is useful, but it is not memory.
Code: github.com/oracle-devrel/oracle-ai-developer-hub/tree/main/apps/rag-to-memory-systems-demo
In this walkthrough, we show what has to sit around retrieval to make #ai #agents actually stateful: typed memory, scoped records, promotion gates, fallback retrieval, prompt assembly, and traces.
CHAPTERS
00:00 From RAG retrieval to durable memory
00:49 Why retrieval is not memory
01:13 Five components of stateful memory
01:47 Architecture and local setup
02:47 Five typed memory stores
04:09 Stable context vs. dynamic context
05:06 Unified retrieval and one security model
05:42 Graceful fallback when retrieval degrades
06:12 The promotion gate for durable writes
07:17 Live demo: preferences and atomic supersession
08:20 Persistence, provisional memory, and confirmation
09:01 Models are shared. The memory system is yours.
If you are building agent platforms, RAG applications, copilots, or workflow agents, this is the shift from top-k search to real memory architecture.
The core idea: models are shared. The memory system is yours.
If you are building agent platforms, RAG apps, copilots, or workflow agents, this is the shift from top-k search to real memory architecture.
The core idea: models are shared. The memory system is yours.
