What information is retained, retrieved, and available to a model now? These entries separate storage mechanisms from the input of an individual model call.
- Context window — model capacity and the context supplied on a call.
- Agent memory — retention, updating, and retrieval across interactions.
- Retrieval-augmented generation — generation conditioned on retrieved passages.
Information availability is distinct from what a user believes is available. Follow Common ground and Theory of mind into Communication and interpretation.