Key points at a glance
- The context window is a temporary workspace — it's lost when the session ends or runs too long. It's not memory.
- Retrieval-augmented (RAG) recall pulls in external information by relevance — a common approach to long-term memory.
- Enclave's structured memory can be viewed / edited / deleted item by item and cites your specific events across months.
The context window: temporary, not long-term
The context window is the span of text a model can "see" in each conversation — essentially a temporary workspace: when the session ends or the content exceeds the length, it's lost, and it can't retrieve a key fact across hundreds or thousands of conversations. So a "bigger context window" doesn't equal "better memory" — it solves how much a single conversation can hold, not whether it can remember you for the long haul.
Retrieval-based memory (RAG): recall by relevance
A common approach to long-term memory is "extract — store — recall": pull important information out of conversations and save it in a structured way, then retrieve it by relevance and feed it to the model when needed (i.e., retrieval-augmented generation, RAG, often using vector search). This way the model needn't load all history into context, yet can still recall the right thing at the right moment.
How Enclave does it: structured, transparent, controllable
Enclave saves conversations and events in a structured way and recalls them by relevance, so experts can still cite the specific events you mentioned months later, rather than a vague "I remember you brought that up." More importantly, every memory is transparent to you — viewable, editable, and deletable at any time. Memory is no longer a black box but something you control item by item.
FAQ
Does Enclave's AI really have long-term memory?
Yes. Enclave uses a structured long-term memory system rather than a simple context window, so experts can still cite specific things you said months ago — not a vague "I think you mentioned that." Every memory is yours to view, edit, or delete at any time.Can Enclave read my own documents / materials?
Yes. Enclave has a built-in knowledge base (RAG): once you feed your documents, web pages, and notes into the world, experts answer based on your real materials rather than generalities. These materials are likewise under your control — when self-hosted, they live only on your machine.
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