Does my AI remember what we agreed?
Keep the important decisions outside the chat. Bring the current record into the next conversation and check what the assistant understands.
For a substantial project, I keep a separate record outside the chat: the purpose, important decisions and their reasons, the current material and the questions still open. When something changes, I update that record. It is much easier to continue the work when you can show where it stands.
Bring the relevant record into the next conversation and make clear which version is current. Giving the assistant a familiar name does not guarantee that it has the history it needs.
Before consequential work, ask it to explain the goal, constraints and decisions it is working from. Correct any gaps before they become part of the next result. The record helps me keep track of my own thinking too.
— Martin Poliačik
Glossary: Shared mental model