Unit 7 · Give agents memory and orientation

Stop re-exploring the same codebase

You give an agent a compact, persistent map of a recurring corpus. It begins oriented while still checking current evidence for each task.

AxAgentContextMap8 focused minutesNot started

Unit example (nearest native match)

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analyst := axllm.NewAgent(signature, map[string]axllm.Value{
    "contextFields": axllm.Array("codebase"),
    "contextPolicy": axllm.Object("preset", "adaptive", "budget", "balanced"),
    "contextMap": axllm.Object("maxChars", 1800, "infiniteEvolve", false, "evolveSteps", 1),
})

Load prior orientation
savedSnapshot carries useful structure learned on earlier successful runs.
Keep the map compact
maxChars bounds what is injected into the agent context.
Use it as a guide
The map points the agent toward evidence but never replaces current source.

Run itIn your own project

go get github.com/ax-llm/ax/packages/go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "os"

    axllm "github.com/ax-llm/ax/packages/go"
)

func main() {
    client := axllm.NewAI("openai", map[string]axllm.Value{"apiKey": os.Getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")})
    classify := axllm.NewAx("review:string -> sentiment:class \"positive, negative, neutral\"", nil)
    result, err := classify.Forward(context.Background(), client, map[string]axllm.Value{
        "review": "Useful and boring in the best way."
    }, nil)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println("sentiment:", result.(map[string]axllm.Value)["sentiment"])
}

Set OPENAI_APIKEY in your environment before running provider-backed code.

In the ax repo

From a clone of the ax repo:

npm run example -- go src/examples/go/long-agents/codebase_peek_map.go

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