> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.mem.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Chat

> Chat with Mem to create, edit, organize, and ask about your notes.

## Overview

Mem Chat is your conversational AI Thought Partner within Mem. It allows you to interact with your notes, create new content, and organize your information through natural language. You can tell Mem things you want to remember, ask it to edit or update notes, organize collections, recall details, or even generate new ideas based on your past work.

## Accessing and Starting a Chat

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="On the Mac, Windows, and Web apps">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open Mem panel">
        Click the Mem arrows at the top right of your screen to open the Mem panel.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Reveal Chat input">
        Click the input field at the bottom that says "Tell or ask Mem something" to reveal Chat fully.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Start new chat">
        Click the plus button in the chat interface to start a new conversation.
      </Step>

      <Step title="View past chats">
        Click the clock icon at the top right to revisit past conversations.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="On the iOS app">
    ### From the main app

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open Chat tab">
        Tap the Mem arrows at the bottom of your screen to open the dedicated Chat tab (next to the plus button).
      </Step>

      <Step title="Manage chats">
        Tap the New Chat button to start a new conversation, or the clock icon at the top right to revisit past chats.
      </Step>
    </Steps>

    ### From within a note

    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open Heads Up">
        While viewing a note full-screen, tap the Mem arrows at the top right.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Toggle to Chat">
        This opens the Heads Up view. At the very top, toggle from Heads Up to Chat.

        <Note>
          When you access Chat this way, the note you have open stays in context. You can tell or ask Mem something directly, and Mem will respond with that specific note attached.
        </Note>
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Core Use Cases of Mem Chat

### 1. Remembering and Augmenting Information

Tell Mem Chat things you want to remember, and it will intelligently create or update notes, augmenting them with relevant details.

**Example: Remembering a TV Show**\
**Input:** `I want to watch Slow Horses`

**Mem's Action:**

* Creates a new note titled "Slow Horses."
* Augments the note with details like *Status: To Watch* and *Platform: Apple TV Plus*.
* Proactively adds the note to your "TV Shows" collection (if you have one).

**Example: Adding a Talking Point to a Meeting Note**\
If you tell Mem Chat, *"I want to bring up this talking point with somebody in my next meeting,"* and you already have a meeting note draft for that person, Mem will update that specific agenda. You can view the changes in the note's version history, showing the "diff" between the previous and edited versions.

### 2. Recall and Summarization

Mem Chat can recall and summarize information from your notes, helping you focus on key priorities or consolidate your thoughts.

**Example: Summarizing Recent Work**\
**Input:** `Based on the last two weeks of work, what are the highest priority things that I need to focus on next?`

**Mem's Action:**

* Reads across all your notes from the last two weeks.
* Provides a summary of your highest priority items.

**Example: Turning a Summary into a Checklist**\
**Input:** `Can you turn that into a new note checklist?`

**Mem's Action:**

* Creates a new note with the summarized priorities formatted as a checklist.

**Other Recall Ideas:**

* *"Summarize my last month of meeting notes."*
* *"What did I decide about the marketing campaign?"*
* *"What’s my flight confirmation code for Maui?"*

### 3. Organizing Your Notes

Mem Chat can help you organize your notes by suggesting and applying collections.

**Example: Suggesting Collections**\
**Input:** `Based on my recent notes, what are some collections I should use to organize them?`

**Mem's Action:**

* Assesses your recent notes.
* Suggests relevant collections for organization.

**Further Action:** You can then ask Mem to add those notes to the suggested collections automatically.

### 4. Side-by-Side Interaction with a Specific Note

When you have a specific note open and then open Mem Chat, a **chip** will appear in the input field, indicating that Mem will attach that particular note to your input. This allows for real-time editing and interaction with the open note.

**Example: Adding Priorities to a To-Do List**\
**Input:** `Hey, can you add priorities to each to do and sort them?`

**Mem's Action:**

* Edits the open note in real-time.
* Adds priority labels to each to-do item.
* Sorts the to-do list by priority.

You can also:

* Use the **plus button** to attach additional notes or collections.
* Mention specific notes with **@Note Title**.
* Mention collections with **#CollectionName**.

### 5. Creating New Content and Ideas

Mem Chat can generate new content based on your past notes and ideas.

**Examples:**

* *"Draft an agenda for tomorrow’s one-on-one based on my last few meeting notes with Alex."*
* *"Turn my recent brainstorming notes into a new project plan."*
* *"Create a weekly recap from my notes this month."*

Mem will synthesize relevant context and save your draft as a new note, often organizing it into the right collection automatically.

## Guiding Mem's Focus

By default, Mem will search across your entire workspace. However, you can guide its focus in a few ways:

* **Using the Plus Button:** Select one or more notes or collections you want Mem to reference.
* **Mentioning/Tagging in Your Message:** Mention a specific note (`@Note Title`) or hashtag a collection (`#CollectionName`) directly within your chat message.

## Providing Feedback

Your feedback helps improve Mem Chat over time:

* **Thumbs Up:** If Mem provides a helpful response, give it a thumbs up.
* **Thumbs Down:** If Mem misses the mark, click the thumbs down and provide feedback.

## Utilizing Mem's Responses

After Mem provides a response, you can:

* **Save as a Note:** Ask Mem *“Can you save this as a new note?”*
* **Copy to Clipboard:** Use the **copy button** to copy the response for use elsewhere.

## Tips for Using Chat Effectively

* **Be conversational.** You don’t need special commands — just talk naturally.
* **String actions together.** For example: ask Mem to summarize → then save as a checklist → then add that checklist to a project collection.
* **Start fresh if needed.** Use **New Chat** when you want to change topics.
* **Review past conversations.** Use the **clock icon** to revisit old chats.
* **Give feedback often.** It helps Mem get better over time.

## FAQs

**What language model does Mem Chat use?**\
Mem Chat doesn't rely on just one language model—it leverage multiple leading language models. We constantly evaluate new AI models and update Mem Chat accordingly to improve the user experience over time.

## Related

* Chat Limits: [/features/chat-limits](/features/chat-limits)
* Search: [/features/search](/features/search)
* Heads Up: [/features/heads-up](/features/heads-up)
* Collections: [/features/collections](/features/collections)
* Clean Up: [/features/clean-up](/features/clean-up)
* Voice Mode: [/features/voice-mode](/features/voice-mode)
* Tabs & Split Screen: [/features/tabs-and-split-screen](/features/tabs-and-split-screen)