Memory and context across an agent team

Each agent has a short memory. The team needs a longer one. Decide where it lives, who writes to it, and who can read it.

Without shared memory, every conversation starts fresh and your specialists re-derive context from scratch. With it — done well — they accumulate institutional knowledge.

Three layers

Per-conversation context — what is in the current chat
Per-role memory — what each specialist has learned
Team memory — facts everyone needs (brand, policy, current quarter goals)

Write rules per layer. Team memory should be edit-only by HR Director. Per-role memory should be append-only by the role itself. Otherwise you get conflicting facts and silent drift.