Memory: Materials Management
Memory: Materials Management is where you add, review, and maintain the materials that help Second Me understand you. Everything about you, including what you have thought, said, and written, can become material for your AI self. Your AI self starts understanding you here.
What to Add
Good materials usually describe you in some way:
- Your experiences, stories, and decisions
- Your preferences, habits, and values
- Your work, projects, knowledge, and methods
- Your opinions, writing style, and long-term interests
The clearer the material is about you, the easier it is for Second Me to use it later in conversations, search, and memory-related features.
Add New Material with Quick Note
Use Quick note when you want to write something new directly in Second Me.
Quick note is best for:
- A fresh thought, reflection, or journal entry
- Something that just happened
- A short piece of context you want Second Me to remember
- A note you want to write in your own words
Text you write in a quick note becomes the main material content. Files or links attached to a quick note are treated as supporting resources for that note.
If you already have a document, link, or app export that should become its own material, use one of the import paths below instead.
Import Existing Materials
Use Import Existing when you already have files, links, or app data that should help Second Me understand you. Imported materials are created as materials in Second Me and are processed asynchronously for later understanding, search, and memory extraction.
If you are writing something new in the moment, use Quick note. If the content already exists somewhere else, start with one of these import paths.
| Import path | Use it for | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Batch upload files | Local documents, Markdown, TXT, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, images, audio, or ZIP archives | Second Me uploads the files and creates materials from the supported items. Document files are parsed into text when possible. |
| Import from links | Web pages, articles, public media pages, and other URLs | Second Me reads the link content when possible and creates one material for each link. |
| Import from apps | Existing notes or posts from apps such as Notion, Apple Notes, Evernote, X, Flomo, and Get | Second Me starts an app import task through authorization or exported packages, then shows progress as items are processed. |
After Import
Imported materials may take time to finish processing. You can keep using Second Me while the import runs. The import progress view shows successful items, failed items, and items that should be checked because the parsed text may be incomplete.
When a material is imported successfully, Second Me can use the parsed content in later analysis, search, and memory-related features. The result may not appear in conversations immediately because processing happens in the background.
Limits and Common Failures
- Uploads are limited by the file size limit shown in the product.
- One import batch can include up to 100 files or 100 links.
- A single imported material can contain up to 1 MB of parsed UTF-8 text. If the parsed body is larger, split the file and import the parts separately.
- For Markdown and TXT files, we recommend keeping each file under 1 MB because the file content is used directly as the material body.
- If a document cannot be parsed or a link cannot be read, confirm that the file or URL is accessible and try again.
Data Safety
Imported data is used only to train your AI self. Learn more in Data Protection.
Manage Materials
After materials are added, you can review them from the memory or materials area in Second Me.
- Open a material to inspect the content Second Me can use.
- Edit or remove materials when they are outdated, duplicated, or no longer useful.
- Check imported documents when the progress view suggests that parsing may be incomplete.
- Use Key Memories for information that should be especially important to your AI self.
Export Data
You can export your memories for backup or migration. Exporting is separate from importing: import adds materials into Second Me, while export lets you take your existing Second Me data out.