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State Management

Built-in state tracking for complex conversations. Manage multi-turn workflows, branching dialogues, and stateful interactions without building your own state machine.

What is state management?

State management allows your AI node to track and maintain context across multiple conversation turns. Instead of treating each message in isolation, the node understands where the user is in a workflow, what choices they've made, and what information has already been gathered — producing coherent, contextual responses that feel natural.

Why it matters

Complex conversations require memory of past interactions. Without state management, users must repeat information, workflows break, and the AI cannot guide multi-step processes. State management transforms a stateless request-response model into a coherent dialogue system.

How Interlocute helps

Interlocute nodes maintain conversation state automatically through the thread abstraction. Each thread tracks the full conversation history, user context, and workflow position. You can query current state, branch conversations, and maintain multiple concurrent workflows per user — all without building a state machine.

Built for workflows

State management works alongside memory, tool use, and scheduling. A node can guide a user through a multi-step onboarding process, collect structured data across multiple turns, and make decisions based on accumulated context — all while maintaining state consistency.

Frequently Asked Questions

State Management

What is state management in AI conversations?
State management tracks the context and progress of a conversation across multiple turns. It maintains information about what has been discussed, what decisions have been made, and where the user is in a multi-step process. This allows the AI to provide coherent, context-aware responses.
How does Interlocute handle conversation state?
Interlocute uses threads to manage state. Each thread maintains the full conversation history and context. The platform automatically tracks message history, user inputs, and conversation flow, so your node always has access to the current state without manual state management.
Can I implement multi-step workflows with state management?
Yes. Interlocute's thread-based state management is ideal for multi-step workflows. You can guide users through complex processes like onboarding, data collection, or troubleshooting, with the node remembering each step and adapting based on previous responses.
How does state management differ from memory?
State management tracks the current conversation flow and immediate context within a thread. Memory stores information across threads and sessions for long-term recall. State is about workflow position; memory is about user history. Both work together.
Can multiple users have independent conversation states?
Yes. Each thread is isolated with its own state. Different users or even the same user in different contexts can have multiple concurrent threads, each maintaining independent state and conversation history.
How is conversation state stored?
State is maintained automatically by Interlocute as part of the thread object. Each message in a thread is stored with its context, and the node has access to the full thread history when processing new messages. There's no manual state serialization required.
Does state management support branching conversations?
Yes. You can create new threads to branch conversations or fork existing threads to explore different paths. This is useful for scenarios like A/B testing conversation flows or letting users explore multiple options simultaneously.
How is state management billed?
State storage is included in the platform's thread management. There are no separate charges for maintaining conversation state. You only pay for token usage when the node processes messages.

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