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Memory & context

What the model carries with it.

Sessions end, but products are long. How you carry facts, sources, and prior state across turns — visibly, editably, honestly — is a design problem the field is still learning to name.

8 patterns
  1. The context source tray
    A visible list of everything the model is reading right now.
    9 min
  2. The memory chip
    Persistent facts about the user, editable in one click.
    8 min
  3. The thread summary
    Compressing a long conversation into something the user can scan.
    8 min
  4. The context handoff
    Carrying state between sessions, without magic and without loss.
    10 min
  5. The prompt history search
    Finding the turn from last Tuesday in three keystrokes.
    9 min
  6. The session onboarding
    Opening a new thread with just enough of yesterday.
    8 min
  7. Branching conversation
    When you want to try two versions of the same thought.
    10 min
  8. The knowledge map
    A view of what the model has learned about you.
    12 min
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