E4 · Memory test
2 daysDay 1: share three facts about yourself using “save this”. On day 2, in a new conversation (after restarting the assistant), ask about them.
Done when: it remembers all three without you repeating them.
Lesson 5 · 15 min
Memory: how it remembers you tomorrow
Memory is the difference between an AI that forgets everything when it restarts and one that has known you for months. In INTELECTO, it’s a database on your computer, with keyword search and no API cost. Understanding how it searches changes how you tell it things.
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In this lesson, you will
- 1Two layers: MEMORY.md and the memory.db database
- 2How keyword search chooses what to remember
- 3Categories and deduplication
- 4The two-day test
Goal: explain where the assistant saves what you tell it and how it searches, and prove that it remembers on another day, in a new conversation.
01From what you tell it to what it remembers
Click each block.
Click each block in the diagram to see what it does.
Layer 1, MEMORY.md: a few fixed facts, always in context. Layer 2, memory.db: grows without a limit, and only what’s relevant to the question is included.
02What changes in how you use it
Click each tab.
1. Keyword search
Search looks for the words in your question among your memories. It doesn’t use “embeddings” (meaning-based search), by design: it’s simple, local, and free.
So: tell it facts using the words you’d use to ask about them later.
Best
“Every Monday I finish the sales report.” Later: “What do I do every Monday?”
2. Ask it to save
The assistant decides what to save when AGENTS.md tells it to. To avoid relying on that, say: “save this: ...”.
The save_memory, search_memory, and forget_memory tools are available in the conversation.
Request
Save this: my report deadline is Monday at 10 a.m.
3. Forget
Did a fact change? Tell it the new one; if it’s almost the same as the old one, it updates it. If a fact is wrong or you don’t want it saved, ask it to forget.
Everything stays in a file of your own, not on a third-party server.
Request
Look up what you know about the sales report and forget the old time.
4. Didn’t it remember?
First, ask if it saved the information: “What do you know about Monday?” If it didn’t, reinforce the rule in AGENTS.md: save what you learn about me.
If it saved the information but didn’t find it, your question used different words. Try again using the same words.
E4 rule
If it doesn’t remember, check how memory is saved and adjust it.
03The two-day test
Send it in Telegram or the terminal. See how it works with and without memory.
Day 1 · share three facts
Save this: every Monday I finish the sales report. Save this: I prefer short bullet-point answers. Save this: my main client is called <NOME DO CLIENTE>.
Day 2 · new conversation, don’t repeat yourself
What do I do every Monday? How do I prefer my answers? Who is my main client?
Database search, as the loop does it
SELECT content, category FROM memories_fts WHERE memories_fts MATCH 'segunda OR relatório OR vendas' ORDER BY bm25(memories_fts) LIMIT 5;
Simulation: illustrative example
You (day 2): What do I do every Monday?
Jarvis: You finish the sales report. Want me to make a list of what’s left?
The word segunda found the memory saved on day 1.
You (day 2): What do I do every Monday?
Jarvis: I don’t have that information. Can you tell me?
The fact stayed only in the day 1 conversation history, which disappears when you restart. It never made it into the database: the rule to save it is missing from AGENTS.md, or you didn’t ask it to “save this”.
You (day 2): What’s my weekly task?
Jarvis: I couldn’t find anything about that. Can you tell me?
The fact is in the database, but none of the words in your question appear there (weekly isn’t segunda). Ask again using the words you used: “what do I do every Monday?”
04Practice: the memory test
Exercise E4 in sequence 2.
E4b · What it knows about you
10 minAsk what it knows about you. Correct one fact and ask it to forget another.
Done when: the next answer shows the corrected fact and leaves out the forgotten one.
05Test what you learned
The explanation appears after your answer.
Question 1 of 3
Why is the memory test done in a new conversation the next day?competency
Correct
In the same conversation, it can answer from the history. In a new conversation, only the memory.db database proves that memory really worked.Not this one
In the same conversation, it can answer from the history. In a new conversation, only the memory.db database proves that memory really worked.Review: From what you tell it to what it remembersQuestion 2 of 3
You said "I finish the report every Monday" and asked "what's my weekly task?" It didn't find it. Why?
Correct
Search looks for words in the question. "Monday" or "report" would find it; "weekly task" doesn't appear in the fact.Not this one
Search looks for words in the question. "Monday" or "report" would find it; "weekly task" doesn't appear in the fact.Review: What changes in how you use itQuestion 3 of 3
What's the difference between MEMORY.md and memory.db?
Correct
There are two layers: a short, fixed one that you write, and one that grows as you chat and is searched for relevant information.Not this one
There are two layers: a short, fixed one that you write, and one that grows as you chat and is searched for relevant information.Review: From what you tell it to what it remembersTest complete
You got {a} out of {n} right. Get them all right to mark the lesson as complete.Choose an option. The explanation appears after your attempt.