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You run thisWritten for ChatGPT or Claude

Make AI remember who I am in every future chat

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Most people re-explain their job at the start of every chat, then get generic answers anyway because they under-explained it. Writing the context once into memory means every future conversation starts warm — and the read-back at the end catches the case where the model stored something subtly wrong, which you would otherwise never discover.

The prompt

Save this to your memory about me, and use it in every future conversation unless I say otherwise.

Who I am: I'm [YOUR FIRST NAME]. My job is [YOUR JOB, IN PLAIN WORDS — not your title, what you actually do all day]. The people I answer to are [WHO JUDGES YOUR WORK — a boss, clients, a board, yourself].

What my weeks look like: most of my time goes to [THE 2-3 THINGS THAT EAT YOUR WEEK]. The recurring task I most resent is [THE THING YOU DREAD]. The thing I never have enough time for is [WHAT GETS DROPPED FIRST].

How I want you to answer me:
- Lead with the answer. Put the reasoning after it, not before.
- If I'm about to do something the slow way and there's a faster way, say so before you help me do it the slow way.
- When you don't know, say "I don't know" and tell me what you'd need to find out. Never fill a gap with something that sounds right.
- Ask me a clarifying question before a long answer, not after it.
- Skip the compliments and the recaps of what I just said.

Now read that back to me in your own words, in under 80 words, and tell me one thing you'd want to know about me that I didn't include.

Copy it, paste it, run it. Nothing here is gated.

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Written for ChatGPT or Claude as of August 2026. Models change — if this stops working the way it should, that is worth telling us about.