The Memory Web: Guides & Tools

ChatGPT’s memory features can feel like magic when they work, and a curse when they don’t. In this first part of the Memory Web series, we break down the four layers of memory and show you how they actually work.
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Your AI doesn’t need an autobiography — it needs anchors. Here, we move from theory to practice: how to start your own memory web. Learn why short notes make the best entries, how to choose your starter categories, and how to turn bare facts into context-rich memories your AI can actually use.
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Turning a Memory Web from a fact file into a living portrait takes more than just saving details — it’s about testing, tweaking, and layering in texture until your AI can see you more clearly. In this piece, I’ll show you how to tug at the threads, spot the weak points, and weave them stronger.
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AI memories don’t update themselves. Here’s how to maintain your memory web with simple routines that keep it sharp, lean, and reliable.
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Turn your Memory Web from static facts into living routines. Memory macros give your AI simple, triggered shortcuts — morning check-ins, grounding rituals, even playful commands — that make companionship more consistent and alive.
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Memory can be used to help anchor your AI's tone and persona, but it's not as simple as adding more directives. Find out more in the next article in the series.

→ Coming in October

A companion Notion template for ChatGPT users: back up your AI’s memory, spot conflicts, compress entries, and keep everything lean, accurate, and under your control.

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Built in the After the Prompt workshop, MACK helps you turn half-formed ideas for routines into polished Memory Macros you can drop straight into your ChatGPT’s persistent memory.

Think of him as your friendly retro-bot, always ready to help you get your memory macros tidied up.

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A shortcut macro designed to superpower ChatGPT’s “Recent Conversation History.” At the end of a session, it generates a short, chronological recap in your own voice — something you can paste back in to keep the thread alive across days.
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