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Expand Up @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ from strands.agent.conversation_manager import SlidingWindowConversationManager
# Create a conversation manager with custom window size
conversation_manager = SlidingWindowConversationManager(
window_size=20, # Maximum number of messages to keep
should_truncate_results=True, # Enable truncating the tool result when a message is too large for the model's context window
)

agent = Agent(
Expand All @@ -64,3 +65,4 @@ Key features of the `SlidingWindowConversationManager`:
- **Maintains Window Size**: Automatically removes messages from the window if the number of messages exceeds the limit.
- **Dangling Message Cleanup**: Removes incomplete message sequences to maintain valid conversation state.
- **Overflow Trimming**: In the case of a context window overflow, it will trim the oldest messages from history until the request fits in the models context window.
- **Configurable Tool Result Truncation**: Enable / disable truncation of tool results when the message exceeds context window limits. When `should_truncate_results=True` (default), large results are truncated with a placeholder message. When `False`, full results are preserved but more historical messages may be removed.