# What it remembers



Memory is what stops you re-explaining your voice, your ICP and your naming
conventions every Monday.

## Teaching it [#teaching-it]

Say it in a thread, or use the command:

```text
Remember: we say "buyers", never "prospects". Every post opens with a number.
```

```text
/surface remember we never use exclamation marks
```

Corrections count too. Tell it it got something wrong and the correction is
saved, so you don't earn the same one twice.

## Two scopes [#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 |

<Note>
  *"Remember for this channel: this is the Q4 launch, the deadline is 3 Nov,
  Mahdin owns copy."*
</Note>

## Seeing and deleting it [#seeing-and-deleting-it]

Open SAM's **Home** tab in Slack. **What I remember about you** lists every
note with a **Forget*&#x2A; button. Memory you can't see is memory you can't
trust. Or ask: &#x2A;"What do you remember about us?"&#x2A; / &#x2A;"Forget the old ICP
note."*

Forget is permanent.

## Memory vs the Vault [#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.

<Info>
  In a [Slack Connect channel](/docs/sam/shared-channels), only your
  own team can leave SAM standing instructions. Guests can ask questions;
  nothing they say outlives the conversation.
</Info>