Deep Agents Memory

from deepagents import create_deep_agent

agent = create_deep_agent()  # Default: StateBackend
result = agent.invoke({
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write notes to /draft.txt"}]
}, config={"configurable": {"thread_id": "thread-1"}})
# /draft.txt is lost when thread ends

import { createDeepAgent } from "deepagents";

const agent = await createDeepAgent();  // Default: StateBackend
const result = await agent.invoke({
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Write notes to /draft.txt" }]
}, { configurable: { thread_id: "thread-1" } });
// /draft.txt is lost when thread ends

from deepagents import create_deep_agent
from deepagents.backends import CompositeBackend, StateBackend, StoreBackend
from langgraph.store.memory import InMemoryStore

store = InMemoryStore()

composite_backend = lambda rt: CompositeBackend(
    default=StateBackend(rt),
    routes={"/memories/": StoreBackend(rt)}
)

agent = create_deep_agent(backend=composite_backend, store=store)

# /draft.txt -> ephemeral (StateBackend)
# /memories/user-prefs.txt -> persistent (StoreBackend)

import { createDeepAgent, CompositeBackend, StateBackend, StoreBackend } from "deepagents";
import { InMemoryStore } from "@langchain/langgraph";

const store = new InMemoryStore();

const agent = await createDeepAgent({
  backend: (config) => new CompositeBackend(
    new StateBackend(config),
    { "/memories/": new StoreBackend(config) }
  ),
  store
});

// /draft.txt -> ephemeral (StateBackend)
// /memories/user-prefs.txt -> persistent (StoreBackend)

# Using CompositeBackend from previous example
config1 = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "thread-1"}}
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Save to /memories/style.txt"}]}, config=config1)

config2 = {"configurable": {"thread_id": "thread-2"}}
agent.invoke({"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Read /memories/style.txt"}]}, config=config2)
# Thread 2 can read file saved by Thread 1

// Using CompositeBackend from previous example
const config1 = { configurable: { thread_id: "thread-1" } };
await agent.invoke({ messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Save to /memories/style.txt" }] }, config1);

const config2 = { configurable: { thread_id: "thread-2" } };
await agent.invoke({ messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Read /memories/style.txt" }] }, config2);
// Thread 2 can read file saved by Thread 1

from deepagents import create_deep_agent
from deepagents.backends import FilesystemBackend
from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import MemorySaver

agent = create_deep_agent(
    backend=FilesystemBackend(root_dir=".", virtual_mode=True),  # Restrict access
    interrupt_on={"write_file": True, "edit_file": True},
    checkpointer=MemorySaver()
)

# Agent can read/write actual files on disk

import { createDeepAgent, FilesystemBackend } from "deepagents";
import { MemorySaver } from "@langchain/langgraph";

const agent = await createDeepAgent({
  backend: new FilesystemBackend({ rootDir: ".", virtualMode: true }),
  interruptOn: { write_file: true, edit_file: true },
  checkpointer: new MemorySaver()
});

from langchain.tools import tool, ToolRuntime
from langchain.agents import create_agent
from langgraph.store.memory import InMemoryStore

@tool
def get_user_preference(key: str, runtime: ToolRuntime) -> str:
    """Get a user preference from long-term storage."""
    store = runtime.store
    result = store.get(("user_prefs",), key)
    return str(result.value) if result else "Not found"

@tool
def save_user_preference(key: str, value: str, runtime: ToolRuntime) -> str:
    """Save a user preference to long-term storage."""
    store = runtime.store
    store.put(("user_prefs",), key, {"value": value})
    return f"Saved {key}={value}"

store = InMemoryStore()

agent = create_agent(
    model="gpt-4.1",
    tools=[get_user_preference, save_user_preference],
    store=store
)