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Global Memory

Global Memory is a feature that automatically learns from your conversations over time. It extracts key information about your work, goals, and context — and uses that knowledge to give you more relevant, personalized responses.

How it works​

Once enabled, Kognar runs a background analysis of your recent conversations once per day. It looks for:

  • What you're currently working on
  • Your priorities and goals
  • Background context about your role or projects
  • Patterns in how you prefer to work

This information is stored as a personal memory profile and automatically included as background context in conversations that aren't assigned to a specific project.

Enabling Global Memory​

  1. Open Settings (Ctrl/Cmd+U)
  2. Go to Personalization
  3. Toggle Global Memory on

Once enabled, the first analysis runs in the background within the same day.

What changes when memory is active​

When you start a conversation that isn't assigned to a project (it shows up under Chats in the sidebar), Kognar silently includes your memory profile as background context. This means:

  • The AI already knows your role, ongoing projects, and preferences
  • You don't have to re-explain yourself in every new conversation
  • Answers are more targeted to your specific situation

Memory only applies to conversations outside of projects. Conversations inside a project use that project's own instructions instead.

Viewing the last memory analysis​

In Settings > Personalization, you'll see a link to View last analysis. This shows the extracted memory from the most recent background run, so you can review what Kognar has learned.

Privacy​

  • Memory is stored locally on your device, tied to your account
  • The analysis runs using your account's AI model access
  • No memory content is shared with other users
  • Disabling the feature stops future extractions; existing memory is not used

Refreshing memory manually​

In Settings > Personalization, click the Refresh button to trigger a new extraction immediately rather than waiting for the next daily run.

Disabling Global Memory​

  1. Open Settings > Personalization
  2. Toggle Global Memory off

When disabled, no new extractions occur and existing memory is not injected into conversations.