Agents & Tool Use · 2025

A-Mem: Agentic Memory for LLM Agents

Wujiang Xu, Zujie Liang, Kai Mei, Hang Gao, Juntao Tan, Yongfeng Zhang

Proposed an agentic memory system inspired by Zettelkasten that enables LLM agents to autonomously organize memories through dynamic indexing, linking, and evolution without predetermined operations.

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A-Mem extends agent memory beyond simple storage and retrieval by letting agents dynamically create comprehensive notes with contextual descriptions, keywords, and tags, then autonomously establish connections based on semantic similarities. As new memories are integrated, they can trigger updates to existing memories, allowing the knowledge network to continuously refine itself. This approach enables more adaptive memory management that generalizes better across diverse tasks than fixed-structure memory systems.

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Record ID
P-663
Record created
2026-08-12
Last reviewed
2026-08-12
Record version
1

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