# Memory

> Read what the workspace already knows and queue changes for its memory agent.

Source: https://docs.generalinput.com/cli/memory



A workspace carries a memory: standing instructions, conventions, and reference material its agents have accumulated. Each member has a personal memory too. An agent working through `geni` should read it before starting anything non-trivial, because what is written there overrides its defaults, and file back what it learns.

* [`geni memory show`](/cli/memory/show) prints the memory guide and anything already queued.
* [`geni memory remember`](/cli/memory/remember) queues a change.

Memory is never edited directly from the CLI. The workspace's memory agent is the only writer; a note you file is folded in on its next run and reconciled against everything else it knows.

## Workspace or personal [#workspace-or-personal]

Workspace memory is shared with the whole team. Keep it about the business and the work, never about a person. Anything specific to you goes to `--personal`.

```sh
geni memory show                 # the workspace's
geni memory show --personal      # yours
geni memory remember "invoices are reconciled against Stripe, never the ledger"
geni memory remember --personal "prefers terse summaries, no preamble"
```

## When to file [#when-to-file]

Reach for `remember` when a correction or convention would still matter next week and is not already recorded. Skip one-off details, anything `show` already lists, and anything you only half know: a wrong memory is worse than a missing one. Phrase the note as the change to make ("deploys go out Tuesdays"), not a summary of the session.