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“Do you have the context from my other chats?” Partly. Ari does not reread every past conversation before it answers. It carries a short list of facts you asked it to keep, it can look back at your earlier chats when you point it there, and it can read files you attached in them. This page explains each of these, and where other things you tell Ari, such as your brand colors, are kept.

Saved facts: Ari’s memory

Ari’s memory is a short list of facts it applies without being asked, such as “show ending cash in thousands”, “our fiscal year starts in February”, or “Bookings means signed contract value”. Ari saves a fact when you ask it to remember something or when you state a lasting preference. It does not save a transcript of what you said. When you send a message, Ari looks up the saved facts that match it and uses them. That is how a preference you stated last week reaches a chat you start today.

Two kinds of memory: yours and the workspace’s

Every saved fact lives in one of two places: Ari decides where a fact belongs from how you put it. When that is unclear, the fact is saved in your memory only, so a personal preference never spreads to your team by mistake. Say “for the whole workspace” when a fact is about the company. A fact never moves between the two on its own. When a newer fact replaces an older one, it stays where the older one was. Forgetting a workspace fact removes it for everyone. To save, list, or remove facts, see Teach Ari your company’s conventions.

Memory is separate from chat history

Ari can also look back at your earlier chats, which is different from memory. Memory is the short list Ari applies every time. Chat history is a record Ari reads only when it needs to, for example when you say “use the churn definition we agreed on last week”. Ari sees each of your chats under the name shown in your chat list, including a name you gave it, so naming a chat after what it settled helps Ari find it later. Ari reads only your own chats, never a teammate’s. Archiving a chat keeps its messages and files, so Ari can still read it.

Files from your other chats

A chat can read the files you attached in your other chats in the same workspace, and the files Ari made for you there. Ask for a file by name, and Ari finds the chat that holds it. For each file, Ari sees its name, the chat it is in, when it arrived, and whether a CSV was sent as a Data source. That lets it tell two files with the same name apart. Ari cannot read files in a teammate’s chats. See Attach files to a chat.

Where other things are kept

Some things you tell Ari are saved as settings or as work in the Model, not as memory:
  • Brand colors, a logo, and a heading typeface are saved as the workspace brand, which everyone who opens the workspace sees. See Brand your workspace.
  • Your own color theme is saved to your account and applies only to you. See Change your theme, sounds, and notifications.
  • A process you repeat, such as your month-end review, is saved as a Skill, with instructions Ari follows each time. See Save a workflow as a Skill.
  • Numbers and definitions that should calculate, such as a churn rate, belong in the Model as Variables and formulas, where every Page can use them.
A scheduled Trigger also keeps a short record of each run, so the next run can build on the last one. See Skills, Triggers, and Guides.