
Agent Runtime Primitives
Infrastructure Primitives That Make Proactive Agents Wake With Full Memory Intact
Proactive agents need four coordinated primitives to wake with memory.
Priya Anantharaman · October 29, 2026 · 9 min read
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Proactive agents need four coordinated primitives to wake with memory.

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