Lesson 2: Nine ways to keep the agent's context small
30 min read·13 Oct 2026
Module 7 · Lesson 2 · About 55 minutes · Needs: Module 5, Lesson 1 (the loop and ScriptedModel) and Module 3 (the eight tools)The situation
It is Tuesday 26 May 2026, week 7. Priya wants the agent to work the morning queue as one shift, in one conversation, so it can see that R-1006 repeats R-1001. Marta opens the cost view and frowns: every call resends the whole shift so far.
One fact must survive the morning. R-1001 is Aisha's robot vacuum, order 5521: return RET-001, label LBL-001, and a $129.00 refund waiting for Marta. This lesson keeps that fact sharp while the context stays small, using nine techniques, traced on this one shift.