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# Bird remembers — Personal preferences + Workspace instructions

> Two editable documents inject into every Bird conversation: Personal preferences (just for you) and Workspace instructions (shared with your team).

**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.

## 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.

## 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.

## 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.

## Try it

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

## Related docs

* [Personal preferences](/ai-and-search/personal-preferences)
* [Workspace instructions](/ai-and-search/workspace-instructions)