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October 2, 2026

AI memory and context

Memory + Context is a two-page Forum3 guide to keeping an AI informed without filling every prompt with your life story. It distinguishes five places information can live: memory, instructions, project or workspace context, the current conversation, and connectors or plugins.

The guide recommends giving each important fact one clear home and naming a source of truth when versions conflict. It includes a 60-second context check for important work, a prompt that has the AI list its sources and flag anything outdated, contradictory or missing before it begins, and a note on using temporary or private conversations for one-off or sensitive work.

Readers can use it to work out why an AI is relying on the wrong information and fix where that information lives.