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What Ember remembers

Good coaching requires knowing you. Ember keeps two kinds of context, and it's worth understanding the difference.

Your logs​

Everything you track — meals, workouts, weigh-ins — is your data record. The coach always has your recent context at hand (today's meals, recent foods, recent workouts) and can look further back with its tools.

Memories​

Beyond the logs, Ember saves memories: durable facts you mention in conversation that should shape future coaching. Things like:

  • Preferences and dislikes — "I hate cottage cheese", "vegetarian"
  • Goals and context — "training for a half marathon in October"
  • Habits — "Chipotle most Fridays"
  • Health notes — "lactose intolerant", "knee injury, no deep squats"
  • Life context — "night shifts", "two kids, short morning workouts only"

Deliberately not saved as memories: what you ate or lifted today — that's already in your logs. Memories are for the stable stuff.

Seeing and correcting memories​

Ask directly: "What do you remember about me?" — the coach will search its memories and tell you.

If something is wrong or outdated, say so: "I'm not doing keto anymore" or "forget what I said about avoiding cardio". The coach deletes or replaces the memory, and it stops influencing future conversations.

Privacy​

Memories are part of your account data, visible only to you and your coach — the same privacy scope as your food and workout logs. See Privacy & support.