Memory
Your assistant remembers your preferences and important facts across routine runs. When you tell it something once, it remembers — so you don’t have to repeat yourself.
How it works
When you tell your assistant something like “always include weather in my briefings,” it stores that as a memory. The next time the relevant routine runs, your assistant has access to that memory and acts on it.
Types of memories
Global memories
These apply to everything your assistant does, across all routines.
Examples:
- “I prefer bullet points over paragraphs”
- “Always use formal greetings in emails”
- “My work hours are 9 AM to 6 PM Pacific”
- “My manager’s name is Sarah and her email is sarah@company.com”
Per-routine memories
These apply to a specific routine only. Your assistant is smart enough to figure out which routine a memory belongs to based on context.
Examples:
- “Include San Francisco weather in my morning briefings” — applies to Morning Briefing
- “Keep Friday afternoons free when suggesting meeting times” — applies to Auto-inbox
- “Only draft replies for recruiting emails that mention compensation” — applies to Auto-inbox
Adding memories
Just tell your assistant — from any channel:
- “Remember to always include the weather in my briefings”
- “From now on, keep Friday afternoons free for focus time”
- “When drafting emails, always sign off with just my first name”
Your assistant decides whether the memory should be global or routine-specific based on what you said.
Viewing and managing memories
In the web app
- Go to Settings then Profile
- View all stored memories
- Delete any you no longer want
By asking your assistant
- “What memories do you have stored?”
- “Forget the preference about Friday afternoons”
- “What do you remember about my scheduling preferences?”
How routines use memories
When a routine runs, it automatically receives:
- All global memories
- Any memories specific to that routine
Your assistant incorporates these memories into its behavior — so if you’ve told it “don’t draft replies to recruiters,” the Auto-inbox routine will respect that without you needing to modify the routine’s instructions.
Tips
Be specific. “I like short emails” is good. “Be better at emails” is too vague to be useful.
Review periodically. Over time, some memories may become outdated. Check your stored memories occasionally and clean up anything that’s no longer relevant.
Use memories instead of editing instructions. If you want to adjust a routine’s behavior without changing its configuration, just tell your assistant what to remember. It’s often easier than editing the routine directly.
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