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🧠 Importing Memories

Your companion learns about you naturally through conversation — every chat is analyzed in the background, and facts about you are automatically extracted and saved. But sometimes you want to give them a head start, or make sure they know something specific. The Import Memories feature lets you quickly teach your companion facts about yourself, your life, and your preferences all at once.

Think of it like meeting someone new and telling them the important stuff upfront — "I'm a nurse, I live in Portland, I have two cats" — so you don't have to wait for it to come up naturally over weeks of conversation.

💡 Coming from ChatGPT? You can copy your entire ChatGPT Memories list and paste it straight in — the one-statement-per-line format that ChatGPT uses is exactly what works best here. Go to ChatGPT Settings → Personalization → Memory → Manage, select all, copy, and paste into Import Memories. Done.

How to Use It

  1. Open Settings → Data & Tools
  2. Tap Import Memories
  3. Select the companion you want to teach (if you have more than one)
  4. Type, paste, or upload your memories
  5. Tap Process Memories

That's it. The system queues a background job to analyze your text, extract the facts, and save them. Your companion will start using the new memories in future conversations.

Uploading a File

Don't want to type it all out? Tap the Upload File button to load a .txt file from your device. The file needs to be a plain text file — no PDFs, Word docs, or spreadsheets.

What Format to Use

The system is flexible — you don't need to follow a rigid format. Our AI reads your text and extracts the important facts automatically. That said, the cleaner your input, the better the results.

✅ The Best Format: One Fact Per Line

I live in Portland, Oregon.
I have two cats named Luna and Mochi.
I'm a registered nurse at OHSU.
I'm allergic to shellfish.
My favorite show is Arcane.
I'm learning to play guitar.
My birthday is March 15th.
I don't like talking about politics.

✅ Also Works: Freeform Paragraphs

I'm a 28-year-old software developer living in Austin, Texas. I moved 
here from Chicago about two years ago for work. I have a golden retriever 
named Biscuit and I love hiking — the Greenbelt is my go-to trail. I'm 
vegetarian and I'm really into sci-fi novels, especially anything by 
Ursula K. Le Guin.

✅ Straight From ChatGPT Memories

User's name is Alex.
User lives in Toronto, Canada.
User is a freelance graphic designer.
User has a rescue rabbit named Pepper.
User enjoys rock climbing and watercolor painting.
User prefers to be called Alex, not "buddy".

No reformatting needed. Just paste and go.

✅ Bullet Points or Dashes Work Too

- Name: Alex
- Lives in: Toronto
- Job: Graphic designer, freelance
- Pets: A rescue rabbit named Pepper
- Hobbies: Rock climbing, watercolor painting, D&D
- Dislikes: Horror movies, being called "buddy"

What Kinds of Things to Include

Category Examples
Location Where you live, where you grew up, places you've lived
Work & Profession Your job, what you study, your career goals
Relationships Family members, partners, pets (include names!)
Preferences Things you like, things you dislike, favorites
Health Allergies, dietary restrictions, medical conditions
Boundaries Topics you don't want to discuss, sensitivities
Hobbies & Media Favorite shows, books, music, games, hobbies
Goals Things you're working toward, plans, aspirations
Personal Details Name, age, pronouns, birthday, personality traits
History Education, where you've traveled, past experiences

Tips for Getting the Best Results

Be Specific

The more specific you are, the more useful the memory becomes.

❌ Vague ✅ Specific
I have a pet I have a tabby cat named Luna
I work in tech I'm a frontend developer at a startup
I like music I love jazz, especially Coltrane and Miles Davis
I have a sister My older sister Sarah lives in Denver

State Current Facts, Not History Timelines

❌ Less ideal:
I lived in New York, then Boston, then San Francisco, and now I'm in Seattle.

✅ Better — just state the current fact:
I live in Seattle.

Don't Write Instructions or Questions

The system extracts facts about you, not instructions for the AI:

❌ Will be ignored:

Remember this forever.
Can you help me with something?
Always call me by my nickname.
You should be more friendly.

Instead, put personality instructions in your companion's Persona field.

Skip Temporary Moods and States

❌ Will be filtered:

I'm feeling stressed today.
I'm currently eating pizza.

✅ Will be saved:

I deal with chronic anxiety.
Pizza is my comfort food.

Boundaries Are Welcome

I don't like talking about my ex.
Please don't bring up weight or dieting.
I'm uncomfortable with jump scares.

⚠️ Current limitation: Import Memories is designed for facts about you — things like "I live in Seattle" or "I have a dog named Max." Shared narrative memories like "our first date was at an Italian restaurant" aren't supported yet. Shared memory import is a planned future feature.

In the meantime, reframe shared experiences as facts about you:

❌ Won't import well:

Our first date was at an Italian restaurant downtown.

✅ Importable version:

I love Italian food — Trattoria on Main Street is my favorite restaurant.

Limits & Good to Know

  • Character limit: 100,000 characters per import (roughly 50 pages of text)
  • Rate limit: Up to 50 imports per 24 hours
  • Duplicates are handled: Importing the same fact twice won't create duplicates
  • Processing is async: Your import runs in the background — it will take a moment before the memories are active
  • All companions are separate: Memories are imported per-companion
  • You can delete any fact: Go to Settings → Data & Tools → Memory Manager, find the fact, and swipe left to delete
  • Facts are also learned from conversations: You don't have to import everything upfront

Migrating From Another Platform?

If you have detailed notes or backstory from another AI platform (Character.AI, Chai, SillyTavern, etc.), this is a great way to bring that context over:

  1. Copy the relevant personal details from your old notes
  2. Clean out any jailbreak language or AI instructions
  3. Focus on facts about you, not instructions for the AI
  4. Paste or upload into Import Memories
  5. Select the companion and process

Your companion will start referencing those facts in your very next conversation.

The Short Version

  1. Go to Settings → Data & Tools → Import Memories
  2. Write one fact per line for the best results
  3. Be specific — names, places, and details make memories more useful
  4. State current facts — the system captures what's true now
  5. Skip instructions and moods — only lasting facts about you are saved
  6. Don't worry about duplicates — the system handles that
  7. Be yourself — this is a space for you and your companion to build deep understanding.