The idea in practice

Useful memory helps later work reflect your current preferences. It should also support correction and forgetting, rather than treating every past remark as a permanent instruction.

Try the distinction on a real task

This is an illustrative request, not a customer result or a promise that every connected service supports every step.

Ask me which preferences I want carried into later tasks, then show me the concise version you understood.

How to apply it

  • Start with a few stable preferences
  • Keep temporary task details separate
  • Check a later result for appropriate use

What to check

Evaluate the effect on real work, including an exception you explicitly ask for.

A mistake to avoid

Do not judge memory only by whether the assistant can repeat a fact immediately after you state it.

Using Bris for this work

Bris is designed to carry useful preferences into later work. Tell it what should stay relevant, correct details when they change, and ask what it remembers before relying on an important constraint. A remembered preference is context; it is not permission to send, book or buy.