Use your brain every day

A brain is durable context for your work. It keeps the facts, decisions, and next steps that should survive a chat ending or a device changing. It is not a transcript of every conversation.

Start with the brain, not a blank chat

At the start of work, ask your AI to call start_here for the brain you are working in. It loads that brain’s guide, recent activity, and open tasks. Before creating a new note, search or read what is already there. Before you finish, record the decision or next step that someone will need later.

Your BRAIN.md is yours

A new brain comes with a starter guide. Treat it as a prompt to describe how you actually work, not as a template you must obey. Write down the structure, naming, and session habits that fit your team. Future AI sessions use that guide when they begin.

Use simple note patterns

Start small. An overview can hold the current status and one next action. A decision log can explain why a choice was made. A session log can say what changed and where to resume. Keep the patterns that help and change the ones that do not.

Work with other people carefully

A person must sign in once before an owner can add them to a brain. Owners manage members, editors can write notes, and viewers can read. Membership is a trust boundary: everyone in a brain can expose its content to their AI sessions, and a writer can add text another member’s agent may later read.

Keep a copy of your data

The web app’s Data page can export a brain as a zip of plain markdown files. It also handles a bulk import: choose a folder or zip, review the proposed changes, and confirm before notes are written. Use the connector for day-to-day note work; use the web app when you need to move a whole collection in or out.