i consider him a pretty authoritative source, but still doublechecked
i tested it by asking claude in an incognito convo what info was actually in the context window, and what tool calls it could make to retrieve more info. at the time, claude reported seeing my custom instructions and ‘style’ settings but not the ‘memories’ text, and reported that it had tools for retrieving the memories text as well as searching past conversations. it then posited that the incognito conversation probably would not be read by the memory updating agent, which satisfied the meaning of ‘incognito’. i would share a convo link… but it was incognito lol. so, this is just my memory, maybe take with a grain of salt.
it’s possible I am misremembering, or that I was misled, or that things have changed since then.
hm i’m surprised re: the support chatbot also thinking otherwise, and it’s making me less certain
i guess i should lay out my evidence, since i’m genuinely doubtful now. on jan 5, i had this exchange with paul crowley (ciphergoth) on x: https://x.com/JohnWittle/status/2008877668855660776
i consider him a pretty authoritative source, but still doublechecked
i tested it by asking claude in an incognito convo what info was actually in the context window, and what tool calls it could make to retrieve more info. at the time, claude reported seeing my custom instructions and ‘style’ settings but not the ‘memories’ text, and reported that it had tools for retrieving the memories text as well as searching past conversations. it then posited that the incognito conversation probably would not be read by the memory updating agent, which satisfied the meaning of ‘incognito’. i would share a convo link… but it was incognito lol. so, this is just my memory, maybe take with a grain of salt.
it’s possible I am misremembering, or that I was misled, or that things have changed since then.