# Notes and memory

Open **Notebook** for two different kinds of saved information.


# Notes

Notes are editable pages shared by all bots. Create a note, give it a title and save its contents. Ask ShinBot to draft a plan, keep research findings or update an existing note. Notes persist between conversations and service restarts.

From the CLI:

``` sh
shinbot notes list
shinbot notes list --query "weekly plan"
shinbot notes add "Weekly plan" "Finish the outline before Friday."
```


# Memory

Memory stores selected personal facts for the active bot, such as a writing preference or a recurring constraint. A saved fact is separate from the model's current context and from a normal notebook page. New installations let bots remember clear preferences and corrections you share.

**Remember preferences and corrections I share without asking each time** is on by default in **Settings → Permissions**. Turn it off to require approval for new memories. Existing saved facts remain available until you delete them. For example, a bot can remember that you prefer short answers without a separate "remember this" request. It should tell you what it saved. Learning depends on the model calling the memory tool; a chat reply alone does not save a fact.

Preference learning is separate from **reusable skills**. Bots can propose a procedure after testing it, with links to successful tool actions. A learned skill is staged as a versioned plugin for review. Activation follows your extension permissions. You can disable it or activate a previous version in Plugins.

Review saved facts in the Memory tab and remove anything you no longer want the bot to use. Forgetting a fact does not erase mentions in old conversations, notes or backups.


# Storage

Notes are also saved as Markdown. [Installation backups](backups-and-upgrades.md) include both notes and memories.