scratchpad
/ˈskrætʃpæd/
a temporary workspace for plans, calculations, notes, or intermediate state used while completing a task
scratchpad in a sentence
“The scratchpad held the agent's plan, calculations, and pending tool results.”
Origin of scratchpad
Middle English scracchen to scratch + pad writing tablet
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