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Sift remembers your preferences, habits, and context to give personalized responses. The more you use Sift, the better it understands how you work.
Memory is a Premium-only feature.

What Sift Remembers

Preferences

How you like to work—morning vs evening, long blocks vs short bursts

Habits

Patterns in your behavior—when you’re most productive, how you approach tasks

Context

Important facts about your life—courses, projects, commitments

Communication Style

How you prefer Sift to respond—brief vs detailed, formal vs casual

How Memory Works

As you interact with Sift, it learns:
  • Stable facts about you (major, semester, preferred study times)
  • Working patterns (you like 90-minute focus blocks, you prefer mornings for hard tasks)
  • Personal context (your advisor’s name, project deadlines, important dates)
This information is used to give more relevant suggestions and make smarter scheduling decisions.

Examples of Memory in Action

Without MemoryWith Memory
”When should I schedule study time?” → Generic suggestions”When should I schedule study time?” → Based on your past productive hours
”Help me plan this assignment” → Standard breakdown”Help me plan this assignment” → Knows your typical work pace
”What’s important this week?” → Just lists tasks”What’s important this week?” → Considers your priorities and patterns

What Gets Saved

Sift saves information that describes stable, reusable facts about you:
Good for memory:
  • “I’m a computer science major”
  • “I prefer morning study sessions”
  • “My advisor is Dr. Smith”
Not saved to memory:
  • Ephemeral info (screenshots, receipts, one-time documents)
  • Artifact-based summaries (these go to notes instead)
  • Sensitive personal information

Privacy & Control

  • Memory is stored securely and only used to personalize your experience
  • You can ask Sift what it remembers about you
  • Memory data can be cleared if you want to start fresh
  • Memory stops updating if you downgrade, but isn’t deleted

Free vs Premium

FeatureFreePremium
MemoryNot availableFull personalization
Learning from patternsNoYes
Custom instructionsNoYes