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Memory is about information SYMI recalls. Your actual files live in your Persistent Workspace. The two work together but serve different purposes.

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Overview

Within a single conversation, SYMI naturally has access to what you’ve just said — that’s ordinary conversational context. Memory is different: it’s how SYMI carries information forward, so a preference, a decision, or a fact from an earlier conversation can still inform a much later one. SYMI’s memory is file-based rather than a hidden database. That means the durable record of what SYMI remembers is something you can, in principle, read — it isn’t opaque.

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What SYMI remembers

As you use SYMI, it can build up several kinds of durable memory:
  • Summaries of past conversations. A compressed account of what was discussed and decided, so an old conversation doesn’t need to be replayed in full to be useful later.
  • Standing facts and preferences. Things worth carrying forward on their own, independent of any one conversation.
  • Your own notes. You can maintain a memory file yourself, in your own words. SYMI treats this as ground truth and won’t rewrite it on its own.

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Keeping memory accurate

Memory is meant to be a helpful record, not an unchangeable one. A few things to know:
  • Newer information wins. If you correct something you said earlier — “actually, that meeting is at 10am, not 9am” — SYMI treats your current statement as authoritative, even if an older note said something else.
  • You can tell SYMI to remember or forget something directly. Asking SYMI to remember a preference, or to forget something it noted previously, updates what it retains.
  • A newly saved memory may take a short time to become searchable. If you ask SYMI to remember something and immediately ask it to recall that exact fact, there can be a brief delay before it’s fully indexed.
If SYMI seems to be working from outdated information, just correct it in the conversation. Your current statement takes precedence over anything recalled from memory.

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Memory vs. recent conversation

It’s worth keeping these two ideas separate, since they’re easy to conflate: A detail that follows from this: something appearing in your chat history doesn’t automatically mean SYMI’s memory has “learned” it. If it matters for the long run, it’s worth confirming SYMI has actually retained it — or telling it explicitly to remember.

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Next steps

Persistent Workspace

See what files persist across sessions, separate from memory.

Security & Isolation

Understand how your memory and workspace stay private to your account.