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Agent Memory Review Before Long-Running Tasks

A practical guide for engineers who run coding agents on long sessions. Covers which memory and instruction files each major agent platform reads at startup, how to review them before a multi-step task, and how to run a quick smoke test that confirms the agent starts with the right context.

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