NovelAI chat memory: context, memory fields, and lorebook continuity

NovelAI uses several layers to build context

NovelAI describes Lorebook entries as supplemental information added to context when their conditions are met. Memory, Author's Note, recent story text, and lore entries can all compete for room in the generation context.

Use those fields for durable guidance, while a concise chat or story summary records the evolving chapter state that should not be left to a long raw history alone.

Signs it is time to make a continuity note

• A key event from an earlier chapter stops shaping the next generation.
• The Memory field is becoming a collection of old and new facts without a clear current state.
• A lorebook entry explains the world but not the latest scene outcome.

A practical NovelAI preservation workflow

Keep durable world facts in the appropriate NovelAI memory or lorebook structure.

Copy the current story or chat section to thredly for a summary of characters, chronology, established facts, and the next objective.

Refresh the working summary at chapter breaks and move only genuinely lasting facts into permanent fields.

thredly is independent of NovelAI. It does not read NovelAI 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.

Related guides

• Save NovelAI chats
• Never lose an AI conversation
• AI companion memory guide
• Save AI chat history

Frequently asked questions