Brain

Brain is Alfred’s memory system for processing, storing, organizing and recalling information. It is a collection of Cards, which are Alfred’s saved files, resources, generated outputs, and working documents.

How Brain Works

After every conversation with Alfred, Alfred will in the background reflect on that conversation and store pieces of information in the Brain. Over time the Brain becomes a library of information that Alfred can tap into, read, update and refer back to while helping you.

This happens on its own. You don’t need to tell Alfred to remember something for it to end up in the Brain, although saying so explicitly does make it more likely to stick.

Core Brain Files

The brain comes with 3 core files that Alfred always makes use of:

• soul: This is Alfred’s own identity, personality, beliefs and preferences it builds up over time.
• memory: This is Alfred’s memory of your interactions with it or events that took place.
• user: This is Alfred’s memory of your personal information.

Everything else in the Brain sits around those three, and Alfred pulls in whatever else is relevant when a conversation calls for it.

Brain and your profile

Your profile in Account settings is what you told Alfred about yourself. The Brain is what he worked out on his own.

They serve different jobs. Your profile is short, always loaded and fully under your control. The Brain is much larger, built up over time, and pulled in as needed.

How to Update Brain

The Brain is built to update itself automatically. In a scenario where you need to make a change to Alfred’s Brain you can ask Alfred to do so via the Brain Agent. You can also view and edit the Brain files directly from butler.cards, although this is not recommended.

Asking is usually better than editing by hand, because Alfred keeps the files in a shape he can actually use.

Things worth asking for:

• “Forget what I said about that project, it’s cancelled.”
• “Remember that I prefer short answers with no preamble.”
• “What do you actually know about me?”

That last one is the quickest way to see what’s in there, and it’s a good habit if the answers ever start feeling off. A stale memory Alfred is still acting on is the usual reason.