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# How Sol's memory works
How Sol's memory works - and how it doesn't.
Sol's memory is one of the things that makes Solomon genuinely useful over time rather than just in a single conversation. But it works differently from how you might expect - and it's worth understanding what it actually does.
## Memory is not automatic
Sol has no memory of you until you create an account - with Google, Apple, or an email and password. Before that moment, every session starts completely fresh.
Once you've created an account, memory begins.
## What happens after each session
When a conversation ends, a summary is generated - a distilled impression of what mattered in that exchange. Not a word-for-word transcript. Not a log. A summary: the kind of thing a thoughtful person might write in their notes after a meaningful conversation.
This summary is stored securely against your account and passed to Sol at the start of your next session.
## How Sol uses memory
Sol doesn't open sessions by reading your summary back at you. He doesn't say "last time you mentioned..." as an opener. He simply knows - and that knowing shapes how he listens, what he notices, and what he asks.
Think of it the way a good friend remembers things about you. They don't recite your history at the start of every conversation. They just know you - and that knowing is present in every exchange, even when it's never mentioned explicitly.
## Your memory is yours
You can ask Sol what he remembers. You can ask him to forget something. You can reset your memory entirely without deleting your account. Your data belongs to you.