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Agent memory placement can cut your token bill up to 2x

calendar_today June 24, 2026 person Jack Ryan domain zep

Agent memory has to refresh every turn, but putting it in the system prompt breaks prompt caching and re-bills the whole conversation each turn. Here is the one-message fix, and the token savings it led to in an experiment.

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