Smart zone

Also called: dumb zone, smart zone and dumb zone, smart zone vs dumb zone

A name for the early part of a session, when an agent is focused and accurate. As the session fills up it drifts into a 'dumb zone' where it gets careless and forgetful, even though the model has not changed. The usual fix is to clear or compact and restart with a short plan.

For example: Early on the agent writes careful code; by late afternoon it is renaming things it was told to leave alone. The founder saves a short note, clears the session, and the quality comes back.

Connects to 8

Attention degradation Concept
Session Concept
Clearing Concept
Compaction Concept
Handoff Concept
Context window Concept
Hallucination Concept
Attention budget Concept