From 51b2b0cea8288e6a1dccf4d42c6bb429ae1129ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MischaPanch <mischa.panch@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:11:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Bugfix - max_answer_chars in write_memory was not using
 _limit_length

So it couldn't just be -1
---
 src/serena/tools/memory_tools.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/serena/tools/memory_tools.py b/src/serena/tools/memory_tools.py
index 63d6537e..f52ae3f4 100644
--- a/src/serena/tools/memory_tools.py
+++ b/src/serena/tools/memory_tools.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class WriteMemoryTool(Tool):
         Write some information about this project that can be useful for future tasks to a memory in md format.
         The memory name should be meaningful.
         """
+        if max_answer_chars == -1:
+            max_answer_chars = self.agent.serena_config.default_max_tool_answer_chars
         if len(content) > max_answer_chars:
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Content for {memory_name} is too long. Max length is {max_answer_chars} characters. " + "Please make the content shorter."