Question 440
A multi-agent project needs to continue after a model context reset and has both a user plan and an output tracker. Which should be preserved?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Retain the current authorized user plan and a precise output-tracker checkpoint naming every unfinished quality gate, its status, responsible scope and evidence URL or artifact hash. Preserve immutable constraints and the latest approved version so the resumed agent cannot accidentally restart or overwrite valid work. The tracker should distinguish completed checks from merely attempted ones and record the next action on the same owner-facing stage. This pairing provides both governing intent and observed progress across context resets, while historical ideas can remain accessible without becoming controlling instructions.
Incorrect Answers
Early exploratory ideas may be useful historical context, but retaining every suggestion can bury the user's final choices and current tracker state. Some discarded options may conflict with later authoritative decisions. Preserve the controlling plan, active constraints and unfinished gate ledger first, with references to accepted outputs. Exploratory discussion can be summarized or labeled superseded to avoid steering the resumed project back toward rejected approaches.
A count of previously spent tokens measures neither task completion nor validity of evidence. A resumed agent must know which exam is active, what content revision it should edit, which gates are open and what is forbidden. Token usage may help operational budgeting but cannot replace the user's plan and actual tracker. Saving only a number would require reconstructing the project from guesses.
A friendly closing sentence carries almost no operational state. It cannot tell the next session which owner constraints apply, which files have been validated or which approvals remain blocked. If used as the sole checkpoint, the agent might falsely assume completion or recreate work. Store the plan, current source identity, audit ledger and unresolved tasks instead of relying on conversational niceties to reconstruct complex project state.



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