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Shipped 2026-04-25 · AI A great lab partner remembers things — your preferred units, the protocols your group always runs, the conventions your team agreed on last quarter. Until now, Bird forgot all of that the moment a chat ended. That changes today.

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Two new memory documents

Personal preferences — just for you, never shared. Things like:
  • “I prefer SI units.”
  • “When I ask for a summary, give me 3 bullets and a TL;DR sentence.”
  • “I’m focused on small-molecule drug discovery — assume that context.”
Workspace instructions — shared with your team, edited by workspace managers. Things like:
  • “Our standard buffer is 1× PBS unless otherwise specified.”
  • “All RT-qPCR work uses our internal primer naming convention (see Protocols).”
  • “Never suggest cell lines outside our IBC-approved list.”
Both documents are injected into Bird’s prompt at the start of every session. No special syntax, no slash commands — just write what you’d tell a new lab member on day one.

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Anti-hallucination guardrails

Bird now treats your memory documents as authoritative — but it won’t fabricate citations or invent specific protocol details that aren’t in your notes. If your workspace instructions mention a protocol, Bird will say “per your workspace instructions” rather than pretending it read the protocol itself.

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Why a character cap

Both documents have a 3,000-character cap. That’s deliberate. Memory documents work best as concise distillations, not encyclopaedias — past about 3,000 characters, signal-to-noise drops fast and Bird starts treating your instructions as background noise rather than guidance.

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Try it

  • Personal preferences → click your avatar → Preferences.
  • Workspace instructions → Settings → Workspace → Bird instructions (workspace owners and managers).