Memp: Exploring Agent Procedural Memory

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Main Authors: Fang, Runnan, Liang, Yuan, Wang, Xiaobin, Wu, Jialong, Qiao, Shuofei, Xie, Pengjun, Huang, Fei, Chen, Huajun, Zhang, Ningyu
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author Fang, Runnan
Liang, Yuan
Wang, Xiaobin
Wu, Jialong
Qiao, Shuofei
Xie, Pengjun
Huang, Fei
Chen, Huajun
Zhang, Ningyu
author_facet Fang, Runnan
Liang, Yuan
Wang, Xiaobin
Wu, Jialong
Qiao, Shuofei
Xie, Pengjun
Huang, Fei
Chen, Huajun
Zhang, Ningyu
contents Large Language Models (LLMs) based agents excel at diverse tasks, yet they suffer from brittle procedural memory that is manually engineered or entangled in static parameters. In this work, we investigate strategies to endow agents with a learnable, updatable, and lifelong procedural memory. We propose Memp that distills past agent trajectories into both fine-grained, step-by-step instructions and higher-level, script-like abstractions, and explore the impact of different strategies for Build, Retrieval, and Update of procedural memory. Coupled with a dynamic regimen that continuously updates, corrects, and deprecates its contents, this repository evolves in lockstep with new experience. Empirical evaluation on TravelPlanner and ALFWorld shows that as the memory repository is refined, agents achieve steadily higher success rates and greater efficiency on analogous tasks. Moreover, procedural memory built from a stronger model retains its value: migrating the procedural memory to a weaker model can also yield substantial performance gains. Code is available at https://github.com/zjunlp/MemP.
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spellingShingle Memp: Exploring Agent Procedural Memory
Fang, Runnan
Liang, Yuan
Wang, Xiaobin
Wu, Jialong
Qiao, Shuofei
Xie, Pengjun
Huang, Fei
Chen, Huajun
Zhang, Ningyu
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Large Language Models (LLMs) based agents excel at diverse tasks, yet they suffer from brittle procedural memory that is manually engineered or entangled in static parameters. In this work, we investigate strategies to endow agents with a learnable, updatable, and lifelong procedural memory. We propose Memp that distills past agent trajectories into both fine-grained, step-by-step instructions and higher-level, script-like abstractions, and explore the impact of different strategies for Build, Retrieval, and Update of procedural memory. Coupled with a dynamic regimen that continuously updates, corrects, and deprecates its contents, this repository evolves in lockstep with new experience. Empirical evaluation on TravelPlanner and ALFWorld shows that as the memory repository is refined, agents achieve steadily higher success rates and greater efficiency on analogous tasks. Moreover, procedural memory built from a stronger model retains its value: migrating the procedural memory to a weaker model can also yield substantial performance gains. Code is available at https://github.com/zjunlp/MemP.
title Memp: Exploring Agent Procedural Memory
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.06433