Agents
What is a stateful agent?
A stateful agent chooses its next action from persisted history and artifacts, not only from the current prompt.
Updated · Part of What is agent memory?
How it works
- Read memory rows.
- Call tools.
- Write the new turn back.
What it is not
It is not a single chat completion, and it is not a workflow that forgets when the process exits.
stateful agent: this, and the thing it is confused with
| This | Not this | |
|---|---|---|
| Depends on | Stored history | Only this prompt |
| After restart | Can continue | Starts blank |
| Audit | Query the turns | Scroll a terminal |
Where Pixeltable fits
Pixeltable is the store those turns and artifacts live in. The loop can be your code; the rows are the state.
Questions
How does stateful agent work?
Read memory rows. Call tools. Write the new turn back.
What is stateful agent often confused with?
It is not a single chat completion, and it is not a workflow that forgets when the process exits.
Next step
Install the Pixeltable skill, or sign up for Cloud and run the same file on a hosted database.