arXiv — cs.AI preprintsInternational19 October 2026
When Should Agents Check External State? Budgeting Observations for Stored Intentions
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arXiv:2609.37125v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Prospective memory allows an agent to retain an intention tied to a future condition, but the stored intention does not reveal whether that condition currently holds. Checking it may require web access, multi-step tool use, and paid calls. Existing systems decide when intentions require attention, but do not allocate the resulting observations under a shared budget. We introduce the first resource-allocation formulation for the external observations required by stored intentions under a shared episode budget. BudgetPM offers two policy varian
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