Building Persistent Memory for AI Agents

A technical guide to building persistent memory systems for AI agents. Learn the architecture, data model, and implementation patterns.

Why Build Persistent Memory

AI agents need memory to maintain context across sessions. Without it, every interaction starts from zero, wasting time and producing inconsistent results.

Architecture Patterns

The best memory systems use a layered approach: observations (raw data), beliefs (derived knowledge), and a knowledge graph (connections between memories).

Implementation with Squish

Squish implements these patterns with SQLite for storage, vector embeddings for semantic search, and MCP for agent integration. Install with npm i -g squish-memory.

Squish documentation