Memory outside the window

Everything so far lives in one conversation. When Hollis Hardware writes again next week, the new conversation starts with an empty window.

This chapter: How can the assistant remember something from one conversation in the next?

You will learn

Why a new session starts empty
Memory notes: files the assistant writes and reads in a later session
What the host, not the model, keeps control of

Words you’ll meet (3)

Session: One conversation. Nothing in its window carries over to the next.
Memory tool: Anthropic's memory tool lets Claude create, read, update and delete files under /memories that persist between conversations.
Memory note: A short file the assistant chose to write, read back into the window when a later session starts.

The picture on the left is live. Each step below asks you to do one thing in it; the story continues here as you go.

Step 1 of 4

Hollis Hardware writes: “Hi, this is Dev at Hollis Hardware. We moved to an enterprise contract this month, so please keep that in mind next time we write.” A week later, in a new conversation, they write again. A session is one conversation, and nothing in its window carries over to the next. Run both conversations.