Strands Context Manager (Sliding Window with Summarization)

Strands Agents SDK conversation manager combining sliding window and summarization strategies.

When to Apply

Reference this skill when:

• Building Strands agents with long conversations
• Implementing context window management
• Preventing session pollution in multi-turn dialogs
• Combining sliding window with summarization

Critical Pitfalls

1. Inheritance Pitfall

DON'T inherit from SummarizingConversationManager. DO inherit from base ConversationManager.