# User AI Profile

## What is the User AI Profile?

A User AI Profile stores guidance that can be reused across connected AI tools.
An account can contain multiple purpose-specific Profiles, with one Profile
designated as the **Default** when Profiles exist.

It can include:

- work preferences;
- writing style;
- coding style;
- communication preferences;
- general project guidance.

Each Profile can include:

- a title;
- optional guidance describing when it is useful;
- working and communication preferences;
- up to five linked non-Secret Memories;
- an individual availability setting for connected AI tools.

## Why Profiles help AI

An AI tool does not automatically know stable preferences from a different
conversation or application. Repeating the same context manually can be slow,
inconsistent, and easy to forget. A Profile provides an explicit, reusable
description of how work should be approached.

Multiple Profiles keep unrelated preferences separate. Planning guidance does
not need to affect a writing task, and technical conventions do not need to
appear in a general conversation. A connected AI can load the Default Profile
as a baseline or a named Profile for a particular activity.

Profiles can help an AI:

- use a consistent communication or output style;
- understand the purpose of a task more quickly;
- apply stable working preferences across supported tools;
- avoid asking for the same general guidance in every conversation;
- select task-appropriate guidance without loading unrelated preferences.

Profiles provide preferences and context. They do not run automatically, grant
new permissions, or replace instructions in the current conversation.

## Create a Profile

1. Open **Settings > User AI Profile**.
2. Select **Add profile**.
3. Add a Profile title of up to **60 characters**.
4. Optionally describe when the Profile should be used, up to **240 characters**.
5. Add preferences and working style, up to **1,500 characters**.
6. Choose whether to set the Profile as **Default**.
7. Choose whether it is **Available to AI**.
8. Select **Save**.

The title and preferences are required. The first Profile is set as Default.

### Field example

```text
Title: General planning
When should this be used?: Planning tasks, priorities, and follow-up
Preferences and working style:
Use short sections and plain language.
Separate decisions from action items.
Ask for confirmation before destructive or external actions.
```

Use stable preferences rather than one-time task details. A project deadline or
temporary request fits better in a Memory or the current conversation.

## Edit a Profile

1. Open **Settings > User AI Profile**.
2. Select the Profile name.
3. Change the relevant fields or availability setting.
4. Select **Save**.

## Default and Available to AI

These settings have different purposes:

| Setting | Effect |
| --- | --- |
| **Default** | Selects the Profile used when no specific available Profile is requested. |
| **Available to AI** | Allows a connected AI client to retrieve that individual Profile. |

A Default Profile can remain unavailable to connected AI tools. The
account-level Profile permission in **Settings > AI Permissions** must also be
enabled. See [AI permissions](/product/ai-permissions/).

## Linked Memories

Up to **5** non-Secret Memories can be linked.

Choose the Memory type, select a title, then select **Add**. Remove a linked
Memory with the **X** button.

Linked Memories remain separate. They help an AI find related notes, Operating
Rules, or checkpoints without placing everything in the Profile description.

Secret Memories cannot be linked. Linking does not copy the full Memory into
the Profile, change its sensitivity, or publish it. Removing a link does not
delete the Memory.

### Add a linked Memory

1. Select the Profile.
2. Open the linked Memories area.
3. Choose a Memory type and then a Memory.
4. Select **Add**.

### Remove a linked Memory

Select the **X** beside the link. Only the relationship is removed.

## Generic example

A Profile can contain:

```text
Prefer short summaries with clear action points.
Use simple language and explain unfamiliar terms.
Confirm before sending or deleting anything.
```

Profiles work best for stable, reusable guidance. Project-specific instructions
fit better in an Operating Rule or a project Memory.

## Use multiple Profiles

Each Profile should have one clear purpose. Descriptive names and a short
**When should this be used?** field help a connected AI choose the relevant
guidance.

| Profile example | Suitable guidance | Example request |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **General planning** | Priorities, action format, decision handling, and follow-up style. | `Use the General planning Profile to prepare a weekly plan.` |
| **Writing and editing** | Tone, paragraph length, reading level, and review expectations. | `Load the Writing and editing Profile before revising this note.` |
| **Technical work** | Code style, testing expectations, change summaries, and approval boundaries. | `Apply the Technical work Profile to this implementation plan.` |
| **Research** | Source quality, uncertainty, citation style, and comparison format. | `Use the Research Profile and compare the available evidence.` |

Only stable guidance belongs in a Profile. Temporary task details remain in the
current conversation, a project Memory, or an Operating Rule with a suitable
scope.

## Profiles from Library Templates

A published Template can provide a Profile candidate through **Add to
Memside**. The selected content is reviewed during import. A first eligible
imported Profile becomes the Default when no Profile already holds that role.

An imported Profile can be merged into an existing Profile. Existing choices
and explicit availability settings are preserved unless a change is confirmed.
Current account capacity still applies.

Imported Profile content must be checked before it is made available to AI. If
an imported Profile overlaps an existing one, **Merge into another** can combine
the imported content into a selected destination for review.

## Use a Profile with connected AI

1. Confirm that **Available to AI** is enabled for the intended Profile.
2. Open **Settings > AI Permissions** and enable connected Profile access.
3. Connect an AI client through MCP or use an eligible API key.
4. Ask the connected tool to load the Default Profile or a named Profile.

Example prompts:

```text
Load the Default Memside Profile before preparing the plan.
```

```text
Use the General planning Profile and summarize the working preferences that apply.
```

Connected tools can list available Profiles without receiving the content of
Profiles marked unavailable. Saved preferences never override the current
conversation, safety requirements, or system instructions.

## Delete a Profile

1. Select the Profile in **Settings > User AI Profile**.
2. Select **Delete**.
3. Review the confirmation and complete the action.

A Default Profile cannot be deleted until another Profile is set as Default.
Linked Memories are not deleted with the Profile.

## Boundaries

A User AI Profile provides guidance. It does not override system instructions,
safety controls, account permissions, or the current conversation.

## Next steps

- [Operating Rules and AI Skills](/product/profile-rules-skills/)
- [AI Skills](/product/ai-skills/)
- [Memory Bundles](/product/memory-bundles/)
- [Add a Template to Memside](/library/add-to-memside/)
- [AI permissions](/product/ai-permissions/)