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# Build Context For Task • AI Agent SDK

> build_context_for_task: Merges relevant short-term, long-term, entity, user memories

# build\_context\_for\_task

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

Merges relevant short-term, long-term, entity, user memories
into a single text block with deduplication and clean formatting.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def build_context_for_task(task_descr: str, user_id: Optional[str], additional: str, max_items: int, include_in_output: Optional[bool]) -> str
```

## Parameters

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

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

<ParamField query="additional" type="str" required={false} default="''">
  No description available.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="max_items" type="int" required={false} default="3">
  No description available.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="include_in_output" type="Optional" required={false}>
  If None, memory content is only included when debug logging is enabled. If True, memory content is always included. If False, memory content is never included (only logged for debugging).
</ParamField>

### Returns

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

## Uses

* `getEffectiveLevel`
* `logging.getLogger`
* `c.isspace`
* `content.rfind`
* `format_content`
* `normalize_content`
* `seen_contents.add`
* `logger.debug`
* `search_short_term`
* `search_long_term`

## Used By

* [`AgentTeam.execute_task`](../functions/AgentTeam-execute_task)
* [`Session.get_context`](../functions/Session-get_context)

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/memory/memory.py` at line 1486
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Tasks Concept" icon="list-check" href="/docs/concepts/tasks" />

  <Card title="Task Configuration" icon="gear" href="/docs/configuration/task-config" />

  <Card title="Task Validation" icon="check-double" href="/docs/features/task-validation-feedback" />

  <Card title="Context Concept" icon="layer-group" href="/docs/concepts/context" />

  <Card title="Context Management" icon="sliders" href="/docs/features/context-management" />
</CardGroup>
