Ettore Di Giacinto
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The add-on declares the three index files of the person's notes (capabilities.contextFiles, manifest API 2), so the host loads them into the prompt and serves their topics with context_read. It ships two skills: memory, whose description asks the model to read the matching topic before it answers almost anything and to save a note only as a proposal the person confirms, and memory-check-own-files, which says what the model can and cannot read. Its executable serves no tool, and its page explains the notes and opens the Memory tab of the account. The add-on joins the packaging matrix, the release workflow, the library index and the case inventory. The declared capabilities the host hands to an add-on now include the context files. Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-5-5 Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@localai.io>
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| Short memory | 36 |
Short memory is an add-on that gives your chats a few notes about you. The model reads
the note that matches a request before it answers, and it saves a new note only after you
confirm it. Install memory from the add-on library. Its visible name is Short
memory.
It is for the facts that change what a good answer is: where you live, what you eat, the language and units you use, how you want answers. It is not a store for large documents. Use Collections to search many files.
How it works
Each turn, the host puts an index of your notes in the prompt, under a fixed header that
asks the model to read the matching topic before it answers. The index is a list of lines
such as - home: lives in Rome -> home.md. The model opens a topic with the context_read
tool. The add-on ships two skills, memory and memory-check-own-files, that tell the
model to consult memory for almost every request and to say what it can and cannot read.
There are three kinds of notes, each in the Memory folder of your files:
| Kind | File | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Yours | Memory/index.md |
every chat |
| One saved agent | Memory/agents/<agent>/index.md |
the chats of that agent |
| One conversation | Memory/channels/<binding>-<hash>/index.md |
one conversation that came from a messaging app |
An index has at most 40 lines and 2 KiB. All indexes of a turn together have at most 6 KiB. The details of a topic sit in a file next to the index.
Saving and forgetting
When you ask the model to remember something, it calls propose_change. Nothing is
written at once. You confirm the proposal on the card in the chat or in the inbox, and it
expires after 24 hours. A confirmed change is one change set in your files, so you can undo
it. To forget a note you just saved, the model calls revert_change. For an older note it
proposes a shorter file, and you confirm that too.
A file over its cap is refused, and the answer lists the current entries so the model merges them.
Saved agents and messaging apps
A saved agent reads notes only when you allow the Memory add-on for it in the agent editor. A chat that came from a messaging app reads your notes and the notes of its own conversation, and never the notes of another conversation. A saved agent can only propose a change when the owner granted it the right.
Your control
The notes are plain files. Read, edit and delete them on the Memory tab of your account or on the Files page. Stopping or removing the add-on stops the model from reading them; it does not delete them.
For add-on authors
The add-on is a package like the others: a manifest, two skills and an executable that
serves no tool. It declares capabilities.contextFiles, so the host loads the index files.
See Context files. The manifest needs api 2.