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Memory, AI, and how they remember.

Articles on how ChatGPT, Claude and coding agents remember, and how to give them a memory that stays yours.

30 October 2026 · 6 min

How to connect an MCP server to ChatGPT

How to add a custom MCP server to ChatGPT from the Plugins page: what the server needs, which plans can use it, and how write actions get confirmed.

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28 October 2026 · 6 min

How to give GitHub Copilot long-term memory

What GitHub Copilot remembers between chats, where Copilot Memory and VS Code memory stop, and how to give it long-term memory you can read with MCP.

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26 October 2026 · 6 min

How to give Cursor long-term memory with MCP

What Cursor remembers between chats, why rules and AGENTS.md are not a memory, and how to give its agent long-term memory with an MCP server you can read.

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23 October 2026 · 6 min

Why your AI forgets mid-conversation: the context window

Why ChatGPT and Claude lose track in long chats: what the context window is, what happens when it fills up, why attention fades, and what you can do.

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21 October 2026 · 6 min

One memory for a team using different AIs

How a team using Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Codex can share one memory: what built-in memory and shared projects cover, and where MCP fits.

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19 October 2026 · 6 min

Claude Projects vs a shared memory: when to use which

When to use Claude Projects and when a shared memory: what a project keeps between chats, who you can share it with, and where its knowledge stops.

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16 October 2026 · 7 min

Persistent memory for AI agents: files, vectors or a database?

Files, vector stores or a database: how AI agents keep memory between sessions, what each option costs, where it breaks, and how to choose for your agent.

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14 October 2026 · 6 min

A second brain your AI can actually use

What a second brain is, why the AIs you use can't reach yours, and how to organize notes so Claude, ChatGPT and your agents can read them and write to them.

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13 October 2026 · 6 min

Obsidian and Claude via MCP: what works and what doesn't

Ways to connect Obsidian and Claude today: Claude Code in the vault, the Local REST API plugin, the Filesystem server, and why the phone and web can't reach it.

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10 October 2026 · 6 min

Why Claude hits its usage limit so fast (and what actually uses your tokens)

How Claude's five-hour and weekly limits work, what really uses them up (long chats, files, connectors), what helps, and what a memory outside the chat saves.

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10 October 2026 · 7 min

How to reduce token usage in Claude Code (measured)

What enters Claude Code's context each turn, the official commands that shrink it (/context, /clear, /compact), MCP tool search, CLAUDE.md size and our numbers.

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10 October 2026 · 7 min

ChatGPT vs Claude usage limits, plan by plan

What Anthropic and OpenAI officially say about message limits, resets and context windows for every plan, checked on 10 October 2026.

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10 October 2026 · 7 min

Is it safe to put confidential documents in an AI? What happens to your files

What Claude and ChatGPT do with your files and chats: training, opt-out settings, retention, temporary chats, and what to check before uploading.

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6 October 2026 · 6 min

Claude Code memory: auto memory, MEMORY.md and its limits

Where Claude Code keeps its auto memory, what loads from MEMORY.md at the start of a session, how to edit or turn it off, and where machine-local memory stops.

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29 September 2026 · 6 min

Switching from ChatGPT to Claude without losing your memory

How to move from ChatGPT to Claude step by step: import your memories, copy your instructions, export the chats worth keeping, and what gets left behind.

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22 September 2026 · 6 min

What is an MCP memory server, and how to choose one

How MCP memory servers work, local versus remote, the three ways they store what your AI learns, and six questions to ask before you pick one.

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16 September 2026 · 5 min

ChatGPT memory full or not working: what to do, and how to make it remember

How ChatGPT's memory works in 2026, why it fills up or stops saving, how to fix it, and when a memory outside ChatGPT is the better answer.

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16 September 2026 · 5 min

Claude memory: how it works across chats, and how to give Claude a memory that lasts

What Claude remembers on its own, how projects, chat search and Claude Code's memory fit together, and how to give Claude persistent memory you control.

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16 September 2026 · 5 min

CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md: what goes in each, and what belongs in neither

Which file Claude Code and Codex actually read, how to keep one set of instructions for both, what goes in them, and where project knowledge belongs.

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