Is Janitor AI chat history permanent memory?
Chat history and prompt memory are different. A model only receives the context selected for its prompt, while definitions and lore can provide separate durable instructions.
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Janitor AI memory: context, character definitions, and long roleplays
In Janitor AI, a character definition and any chat-memory tools set instructions, while the model still works from a finite amount of active conversation context.
Definitions, lore, and chat context do different jobs
A character definition supplies identity and scenario. Lore or memory fields can make selected facts easier to inject into a prompt. Neither is the same as carrying every event from a long, evolving roleplay.
Context is the material the chosen model can consider for the next reply. The amount and behavior can vary with model and settings, so do not assume an exact universal limit.
Signs it is time to make a continuity note
- The bot follows its definition but loses a recent alliance, injury, or plot consequence.
- Facts that exist only in old dialogue stop being reflected in replies.
- A long roleplay needs a cleaner chapter break.
A practical Janitor AI preservation workflow
Copy the active story section and summarize the current state with thredly.
Use the result as a chat-memory update or as the opening context of a fresh conversation, according to the settings you use.
Keep character definitions and lore separate from the summary so each remains easy to maintain.
thredly is independent of Janitor AI. It does not read Janitor AI chats automatically. Copy a conversation section or use a native export when available, then paste or upload the text through thredly's supported web workflow.
What a useful handover should retain
- Character identity, personality, voice, and any user persona details that still matter.
- Names, relationships, boundaries, promises, preferences, and corrections that supersede earlier information.
- Important story events, locations, dates, running jokes, unresolved plot points, and the current objective.
- A short instruction for the next session that states where the conversation should resume.
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What belongs in a Janitor AI continuity summary?
Put current story facts, character changes, relationships, known locations, unresolved scenes, and the next objective in the summary. Leave baseline character design in the character definition.