Conversation Memory
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Understand how conversation history is managed and included in the context window
Overview
Conversation memory determines how much of the conversation history is included in the context window when your Agent processes a new message. The Inkeep Agent Framework automatically manages conversation history to balance context retention with token efficiency.
Default Limits
By default, the system includes conversation history using these limits:
- 50 messages: Up to the 50 most recent messages from the conversation
- 4,000 tokens: Maximum of 4,000 tokens from previous conversation messages
How It Works
Message Retrieval: The system retrieves up to 50 most recent messages from the conversation history
Token Calculation: Messages are processed, calculating token count for each message
Exclusion: If the total token count exceeds 4,000 tokens, older messages are excluded from the context window
The 50-message and 4,000-token limits are fixed and cannot be configured at this time.