In this post, I want to explore an idea I’ve been experimenting with: common memory for AI agents. I’ll explain what I mean by this term, how such memory can be implemented, and why I believe it's worth exploring.

What Is Agent's “Common” Memory?

I’m not sure whether “common memory” is already a widely accepted term in the AI space, or even the most accurate label for the concept I have in mind — but I’ll use it for now until a better one emerges (or someone suggests one).

By common memory, I mean:

A shared repository of memories formed by a single AI agent from interactions with multiple other agents — including both humans and other AI agents. For eample, AI Chat can retain information learned from conversations with different users, and selectively reference that information in future interactions.

This is distinct from related terms:

• Shared memory usually refers to memory shared across different AI systems or agents — not across users of the same assistant.
• Collaborative memory comes closer, but often implies more structured cooperation and might be too narrow for what I’m describing.

So for now, I’ll stick with common memory to describe a memory system that allows an AI assistant to retain and selectively reference information learned across interactions with multiple users.

AI Chats do not use Common Memory

When we interact with AI chats like ChatGPT, they typically do not retain information across different users. Each conversation is isolated, and the AI does not remember past interactions with other users. This means that if you ask the AI about something you discussed with another user, it won’t have any context or memory of that conversation. Only the current user's context and history are considered.

With the recent addition of A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol support in CleverChatty, it’s now possible to build powerful, intelligent applications—without writing any custom logic. In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to build an Agentic RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system using CleverChatty.

🤖 What is Agentic RAG?

The term agentic refers to an agent's ability to reason, make decisions, use tools, and interact with other agents or humans intelligently.

In the context of RAG, an Agentic RAG system doesn’t just retrieve documents based on a user’s prompt. Instead, it:

• Preprocesses the user’s query,
• Executes a more contextually refined search,
• Postprocesses the results, summarizing and formatting them,
• And only then returns the final answer to the user.

This kind of intelligent behavior is made possible by using a Large Language Model (LLM) as the core reasoning component.

The goal of a RAG system is to enrich the user’s query with external context, especially when the required information is not available within the LLM itself. This typically involves accessing an organization’s knowledge base—structured or unstructured—and providing relevant data to the LLM to enhance its responses.

Recently, I released a new version of CleverChatty with built-in support for the A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol. This addition enables AI agents to call each other as tools, opening the door to more dynamic, modular, and intelligent agent systems.

🔄 What Is the A2A Protocol?

The A2A protocol defines a standard for communication and collaboration between AI agents. It allows one agent to delegate tasks to another, much like how humans might assign work to collaborators with specific expertise.

Many blog posts and articles describe the A2A protocol and provide examples of an A2A client calling an A2A server. However, few explain how an AI agent decides when and why to call another agent in a real scenario.

Let’s consider an example: Imagine there's a specialized AI agent called "Document Summarizer", exposed via the A2A protocol. Another agent — a general-purpose chat assistant with access to an LLM — receives this user query:

In this post, I’m excited to announce a new version of CleverChatty that introduces server mode — unlocking powerful new capabilities for building AI assistants and agents that can interact over the network.

Previously, CleverChatty functioned only as a command-line interface (CLI) for interacting with LLM-based assistants. A typical use case involved a single user chatting with an AI model via the terminal. With this latest update, CleverChatty can now run as a server, enabling:

• Concurrent communication with multiple clients
• Background operation on local or cloud environments
• Integration into distributed agent systems

But that’s not all. The biggest leap forward? Full support for A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol.

CleverChatty