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# Store Short Term • AI Agent SDK

> store_short_term: Store in ChromaDB (short-term and long-term treated the same).

# store\_short\_term

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> This is a method of the [**ChromaMemoryAdapter**](../classes/ChromaMemoryAdapter) class in the [**factories**](../modules/factories) module.

Store in ChromaDB (short-term and long-term treated the same).

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def store_short_term(text: str, metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]) -> str
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="text" type="str" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="metadata" type="Optional" required={false}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="str">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `store_long_term`

## Used By

* [`Agent.store_memory`](../functions/Agent-store_memory)
* [`AgentTeam.save_session_state`](../functions/AgentTeam-save_session_state)
* [`Memory.store_short_term`](../functions/Memory-store_short_term)
* [`Memory.finalize_task_output`](../functions/Memory-finalize_task_output)
* [`Memory.store_quality`](../functions/Memory-store_quality)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/memory/adapters/factories.py` at line 274
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