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. typescript academy academy/topics/peek-orientation website/content-src/academy/course.mjs academy Stop re-exploring the same codebase
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.

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Worked example

See the idea in context

const map = new AxAgentContextMap(savedSnapshot, { maxChars: 4000 });
  1. Load prior orientation

    savedSnapshot carries useful structure learned on earlier successful runs.

  2. Keep the map compact

    maxChars bounds what is injected into the agent context.

  3. Use it as a guide

    The map points the agent toward evidence but never replaces current source.

Run itIn your own project
npm install @ax-llm/ax

import { ai, ax } from '@ax-llm/ax';

const llm = ai({ name: 'openai', apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_APIKEY! });
const classify = ax('review:string -> sentiment:class "positive, negative, neutral"');

const result = await classify.forward(llm, {
  review: 'Useful and boring in the best way.',
});

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 -- typescript src/examples/typescript/long-agents/codebase-peek-map.ts
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