Hey everyone,

Today, we’re introducing Memory in Alter, a way for Alter to remember the useful details from your work so you don’t have to repeat yourself.

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What is memory?

Memory isn’t a transcript. It turns a conversation into a small, durable record, then recalls only what can help with the next answer.

For example, “I always prefer short answer.” becomes a Personal preference that can improve future conversations.

Temporary details, secrets, and sensitive information are skipped.

Memory supports six types of useful context: facts, preferences, goals, decisions, recent changes, and lessons learned through repeated work.

It also evolves without creating duplicates. If you change your mind, Alter replaces the current version.

Personal memories follow you across workspaces, while project memories stay where they belong.

Learning happens after the answer, and Alter saves at most one useful memory per turn. You can turn on Ask before saving, inspect sources, forget anything, undo changes, or turn Memory off completely.

Finally, open a hub conversation and use Memory Catch Up to review the last 30 days of your chats and meetings, plus your current workspace, to find useful details you may want Memory to know.

Learn more about Memory

We have updated our documentation so you could learn more about Memory.

Memory is durable. Recall is temporary. Access is contextual.

Cheers,
Olivier & Sam

Version 2.0.0-beta102: Memory

TL;DR: Alter know has an advanced memory system allowing you to get organized and never forget things.

Full Changelog

New Features & Enhancements

• Scoped memory: First-class scoped memory with automatic capture, authorization hardening, and provenance tracking so Alter remembers context without you managing it manually.

• Memory Catch-Up: New workflow to review, refine, and humanize what Alter has learned.

• Memory sources: Open saved memory sources directly from settings; source links are clickable.

• Hub suggestion cards: Redesigned suggestion cards and faster initial Hub tab loading.

• Speech prompts: Speech prompts now always start a new chat.

• Running tool icons: Animated running tool icons in conversation view.

• Alter Docs: Embedded Help documentation updated with the latest features.

Bug Fixes & Stability

• Hub tabs: Left and right clicks on tabs work correctly on external screens (macOS 15).

• Computer use: Hardened URL handling; fixed background action workspace permissions.

• Edge Bar: Re-pin panels after display disconnect.

• Background Jobs: Custom actions with Skills and no workspace retains their ephemeral workspace to avoid permission issues.