What it remembers
Teach it once. It reads its own notes before every draft, and you can see and delete all of them.
Memory is what stops you re-explaining your voice, your ICP and your naming conventions every Monday.
Teaching it
Say it in a thread, or use the command:
Remember: we say "buyers", never "prospects". Every post opens with a number./surface remember we never use exclamation marksCorrections count too. Tell it it got something wrong and the correction is saved, so you don't earn the same one twice.
Two scopes
| Scope | Set with | Who sees it |
|---|---|---|
| Workspace | "Remember: …" | Everyone. One shared brain is the point |
| Channel | "Remember for this channel: …" | Only that channel, for project-specific context |
"Remember for this channel: this is the Q4 launch, the deadline is 3 Nov, Mahdin owns copy."
Seeing and deleting it
Open SAM's Home tab in Slack. What I remember about you lists every note with a Forget button. Memory you can't see is memory you can't trust. Or ask: "What do you remember about us?" / "Forget the old ICP note."
Forget is permanent.
Memory vs the Vault
Two different things, and picking the wrong one is the usual mistake:
| Use for | Lives in | |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | Short standing facts about how you work: voice rules, naming, who owns what | SAM's own notes, per workspace or channel |
| Vault | Documents worth keeping: an ICP, a positioning cut, a research write-up | Your Surface Vault, as dated Markdown under slack/ |
An answer that's a document gets a Save in Vault button under it. One click, and it's a doc your team owns, and one SAM reads before every future draft, so saving compounds.
In a Slack Connect channel, only your own team can leave SAM standing instructions. Guests can ask questions; nothing they say outlives the conversation.