@Saccc_c: Codex's Memories feature is a setting you must enable; it gives Codex active memory. How to enable: Settings → Personalization → Memory → Enable Memory (Figure 1). After enabling and letting it run for some time, you can open memory.m...

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Introduces Codex's Memories feature, which gives Codex active memory, along with instructions on how to enable it and how to view the memorized content.

Codex's Memories feature is a setting you must enable; it gives Codex active memory. How to enable: Settings → Personalization → Memory → Enable Memory (Figure 1) After enabling and letting it run for some time, you can open the memory.md file in the ~/.codex/memories directory to view the memory content added by Codex. Figure 2 below shows my memory.md file. You can see that Codex has organized key information from historical conversations by different topics, including my specific preferences, reusable knowledge, failure cases, and corresponding solutions.
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Codex’s Memories feature is a setting you must enable, which gives Codex the ability to actively remember.

How to enable: Settings → Personalization → Memory → Enable Memory (Figure 1)

After enabling, after some time of accumulation, you can open the memory.md file in the ~/.codex/memories directory to view the memory content added by Codex.

Figure 2 below shows my memory.md file. You can see that Codex has organized key information from historical conversations by different topics, including my specific preferences, reusable knowledge, failure cases, and corresponding solutions.

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