What is a context file?
One profile that every AI reads before it answers you, written once and kept current by your agents.
A file every AI reads
A personal context file is a single, structured profile that describes who you are, what you are working toward, and how you want AI to respond. You write it once. Every agent you connect reads it before it answers, so you stop re-explaining yourself in each new conversation, tool, or session.
It is the opposite of starting cold. Instead of teaching a fresh assistant your role, your preferences, and your constraints every time, you keep one source of truth that every model reads first.
What goes in it
Creed organizes a personal context file into ten focused sections. Five are always on: Identity, Goals, Work, Preferences, and Routines. Five are optional and appear only when you fill them in: Beliefs, Constraints, People, Health, and Context.
Each section is short, specific, and written to change how AI replies, not to store everything. A good context file names real tools, real people, and real defaults. It is meant to be read end to end in under a minute.
How your agents keep it current
As an agent learns something durable about you, a sharper preference, a new routine, or a goal that shifted, it proposes a narrowly scoped update to the right section. You review the change and approve what stays, or you let trusted agents edit directly when you want a lighter loop.
Session chatter, one-off instructions, and passing moods are left out by design. The file stays a curated profile, not a chat log.
Portable, and yours
Your context file is plain Markdown that you control. Creed connects to agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and ChatGPT over MCP, and integrates with GitHub for version control, with Notion and Obsidian on the way.
You bring your own AI key, your tokens stay yours, and deleting your account wipes everything. There is no lock-in: the file travels with you across tools instead of living inside one app's memory.
Common questions
- What is a personal context file?
- A personal context file is one structured profile that describes who you are and how you want AI to work with you. Every AI tool you connect reads it before it answers, so your context stays consistent across tools and sessions instead of being re-explained each time.
- How is a personal context file different from a chatbot's memory?
- Chatbot memory lives inside one app and cannot move with you. A personal context file is one portable file you own. It works across every agent you connect, and you can read, edit, or export it as plain Markdown at any time.
- How do agents keep a personal context file updated?
- As an agent learns something durable about you, a sharper preference, a new routine, or a goal that shifted, it proposes a narrow update. You approve what stays, or let trusted agents edit directly. Session chatter and one-off details are left out by design.
- What goes in a personal context file?
- Creed organizes it into ten sections: Identity, Goals, Work, Preferences, and Routines as the always-on core, plus optional Beliefs, Constraints, People, Health, and Context. Each section is short, specific, and written to change how AI responds.
- Which tools does a personal context file work with?
- Creed connects to agents like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and ChatGPT over MCP, and integrates with GitHub for version control. Support for Notion and Obsidian is on the way.
- Do I own my personal context file?
- Yes. Creed is plain Markdown that you control. You bring your own AI key, your tokens stay yours, and deleting your account wipes everything. There is no lock-in.