Memory
Scholarly can keep useful context between conversations, such as your work, preferences, and recurring goals. That context lives in memory files you can inspect. Each chat also keeps its own working notes so it can continue a longer piece of work.
Open Settings → AI & Chat → Memory to see what is saved. Memory is separate from the sources you upload and the finished work in your library.
What Gets Remembered
There are two groups in Settings:
| Group | What it contains | What you can do |
|---|---|---|
| Account memory files | Reusable context about you, your preferences, or a project | Read, edit, create, and delete files |
| Chat notes | Working notes kept by an individual conversation | Read or delete notes; the chat updates them while you work |
The list shows who last updated a file, when it changed, and its size. Open a file to read its contents instead of guessing what the assistant remembers.
Chat can save useful context during a conversation. You can also write it yourself, which is useful for a house style, recurring requirements, or facts that must be recorded accurately. Memory is helpful context, not a guarantee that an answer is correct or that every detail will be recalled.
Creating a Memory File
- Open Settings → AI & Chat → Memory.
- Choose New memory file.
- Enter a descriptive file name, such as
work-contextorwriting-preferences. - Write the information you want future conversations to use.
- Press Save.
Keep the contents specific. “Use British spelling and explain unfamiliar accounting terms” is easier to apply than “write better”. The editor shows the available character allowance, so you can shorten a file before saving if it is too long.
Editing or Deleting Saved Context
Open an account memory file, change the text, and press Save. Remove outdated information directly from the file; there is no separate Mark outdated state.
Use Delete to remove a memory file. Read the confirmation before continuing. Deleting a memory does not delete the original conversation, source file, or creation it refers to. If you want those removed too, manage them separately from Chat History or Library.
If chat changed the same file while you were editing, Scholarly asks you to reload the current version instead of silently overwriting it. Review that version, then apply your changes again.
Project Memory
Open a project's Context tab to review its memory file. It holds facts useful for that project, such as the audience, terminology, or decisions already made. Edit the text and save, or let chat update it while you work.
Project memory belongs to your account. Sharing a project shares the project material according to its access settings, but does not expose your memory or chat conversations to collaborators. Each collaborator has their own context. See Projects.
Project instructions and a default customisation profile are separate controls in the same Context tab. Use them for standing guidance and visual preferences; use the memory file for information learned while doing the work.
Working Notes and Looking Back at Chats
A chat's working notes can contain its current plan, findings, figures, and decisions. They help a long conversation continue without requiring you to repeat everything.
Under Chat notes in Settings, files are grouped by conversation. You can read or delete them there; they are not editable in that panel. Deleting a chat also removes its notes from memory. See Chat History and Threads.
When you mention another chat, Scholarly can look back at that conversation. That does not mean every past message is automatically included in each answer. Name the conversation or describe the earlier decision when you want it retrieved, and check any details that matter.
Tips
- Review before repeating a workflow. Correct an old client name, deadline, or preference so it does not keep influencing later work.
- Keep temporary details in the conversation. Tell chat when a note applies only to the current task.
- Add important context yourself. Do not rely on chat to infer every requirement.
- Check the source for consequential facts. Saved memory can become outdated, just like a note you wrote by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Scholarly remember everything I say?
No. Memory files and working notes are selected context, not a complete transcript of every conversation. You can inspect them in Settings. Chat history remains separately available while you keep those conversations.
Can I delete a memory completely?
Yes. Open the memory file in Settings and use Delete. You can also edit an account memory file to remove just the part that no longer applies.
Does deleting a chat delete everything it created?
No. It removes the conversation and its working notes. Files, decks, videos, and other creations saved in your library remain there until you delete them separately.
Does Voice Mode use memory?
Voice Mode can use saved account context too. Review that context in the same Memory settings; it is not a separate set of voice-only preferences.
Related
- AI Chat, sources, context, and conversations.
- Chat History and Threads, finding and deleting past conversations.
- Projects, project instructions, profiles, and memory.
- Settings, the six settings sections and their controls.
- Privacy, Cookies, and Your Data, account privacy and deletion.