Personal instructions vs Memory in AI Dojo

Both features help the AI Dojo platform give you more relevant answers, but they work differently.

What are Personal Instructions?

Personal Instructions are details you write and set yourself. They give Dojo ongoing context about how you work and how you want it to respond.

For example, you might include:

• Your role and the type of work you do
• Your preferred tone, format, or spelling
• Information about your firm’s workflows
• Instructions such as “keep responses concise” or “use Australian English”

Dojo uses these instructions as context when responding to you.

What is Memory?

Memory is created automatically in the background. Dojo reviews past chats and creates short summaries of useful context it may need again later.

These memories may include:

• Episodic memory: Things that happened in a previous conversation, such as a project you were working on.
• Semantic memory: Facts or preferences learned over time, such as your role or preferred way of working.
• Procedural memory: Helpful context about recurring workflows or how you like tasks completed.

Unlike Personal Instructions, Memories are not manually written or set by you. They are generated from your chat history to help Dojo maintain useful context over time.

Which should I use?

• Use Personal Instructions for stable, intentional context you want to provide directly.
• Memory helps Dojo retain useful context from your conversations without you needing to repeat it.

Example

You might add a personal instruction saying:

Use Australian English and keep responses concise.

Over time, memory might capture that:

The user regularly creates BAS workpapers and prefers review notes grouped by risk level.

Together, these features give Dojo clearer instructions and more relevant context.

Important note

Memory is designed to support your work, not replace your judgement. Always review Dojo outputs, especially where details are sensitive, time-critical, or client-specific.