# Why AI Agents Need Database Triggers, Not Just Prompts

> Source: <https://dev.to/shiv_s_hankar/why-ai-agents-need-database-triggers-not-just-prompts-1igi>
> Published: 2026-08-02 12:05:40+00:00

# Why AI Agents Need Database Triggers, Not Just Prompts

When a fact changes, prompting the LLM to 'forget' it is unreliable. Instead, use database triggers to automatically close temporal boundaries (`valid_to = NOW()`

) on superseded facts. Let the DB handle state coherence.