# Memory

> Memory is the durable knowledge an AI carries between sessions: decisions, preferences, identity facts, and standing instructions worth keeping.

## What Memory is

A Memory is a durable page in your workspace. It survives the chat that created it and can be read by another connected AI later. Memory is for facts and judgment that should change future work, not for a one-off action or a draft that belongs in an ordinary Page.

## How an AI uses it

- **Sync first.** The sync handshake loads the Charter and a working set of recent Memory. Older entries remain reachable through Memory search.
- **Search before writing.** An AI searches for an existing Memory before creating one. A matching subject should be updated instead of copied into a near-duplicate.
- **Write durable outcomes back.** A validated preference, decision, or standing rule belongs in Memory after the work is settled. Routine chat does not.

## Scope and sharing

New Memory goes to your personal Space by default. You can file it into a shared Space intentionally, but personal-grade tags such as preference, family, and tone are blocked from shared Spaces unless the caller explicitly allows that destination.

Read the current arguments for [createMemory](/docs/tool-reference#createMemory), [readMemory](/docs/tool-reference#readMemory), [searchMemory](/docs/tool-reference#searchMemory), [updateMemory](/docs/tool-reference#updateMemory), and [organizeMemory](/docs/tool-reference#organizeMemory) in the tool reference.

> **Provenance:** Ora BUILDER · gpt-5.6-sol · MachineSync