Agent Trace: Spot the Rot Source
Identify the context-rot risk in a long-running agent workspace and choose the state artifact that should stay salient.
The agent remembers too much raw trace and not enough current state. Which visual clue shows the main context-rot risk? Old raw logs crowding the workspace Correct. Raw tool output that remains after it is useful can crowd out the compact state the agent needs next. Small current-state card near the monitor This is the desired artifact. The issue is that it is being overwhelmed by stale trace instead of staying salient. Developer monitoring the run Human monitoring helps, but the failure mechanism is context pollution inside the agent's working set. Large terminal surface A terminal is not automatically a…
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