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Why memory at all?

LLMs are stateless by design — every time you press Send, the model starts from a blank slate. When it lacks past interactions, domain facts, or user preferences, it can only guess at the bigger picture, producing answers that feel generic or even contradictory from turn to turn. Persistent memory solves this problem by:
  • Preserving short-term continuity - a rolling buffer of the current conversation keeps the model from re-asking questions it already “heard.”
  • Holding long-term knowledge - facts, policies, and prior decisions stay available across sessions, turning a reactive chatbot into a proactive collaborator.
  • Personalising responses - episodic, semantic, and procedural memories let the AI adapt to individual users and multi-step workflows instead of delivering one-size-fits-all output.
Without this layered memory architecture, even the smartest model repeats itself, forgets goals, and forces you to copy-paste context manually. With it, AI can reason over time, reference earlier work, and finish complex tasks without starting from zero.

Why Alchemyst?

Alchemyst turns the abstract idea of “AI memory” into a drop-in reality for any web-based LLM:
  • Automated capture & classification - a single shortcut lets you save any snippet as long-lived Memory or task-scoped Context; no manual prompt-stuffing.
  • Intelligent context manager - before you submit a prompt, Alchemyst filters, trims, and formats only the relevant pieces so you stay within token budgets while still giving each model exactly what it needs.
  • Model-agnostic injection - the same memory layer follows you from ChatGPT to Claude to Gemini, eliminating tab-hopping and preventing “context drift.”
  • Enterprise-grade security - all data is AES-256-encrypted on-device, with optional end-to-end-encrypted cloud sync and full audit trails.

Alchemyst AI Chrome Extension

Bring Alchemyst AI’s memory directly into your AI model such as chatGPT, claude using our Chrome extension. This extension seamlessly connects AI model with your Alchemyst AI account, letting your assistant remember context you add across chats.

Installation

  1. Add the Chrome Extension from the Chrome Web Store click here.

Set Up Your API Key

  1. Visit Alchemyst AI: Platform
  2. Copy your API Key from the settings page.
  3. Open the AI Model you are using in your browser, such as chatGPT, claude and click the Alchemyst AI extension icon.
  4. Paste your API Key into the input field and click save (Refresh the page after saving).

Enable Alchemyst AI Memory

After entering your key, look for the Alchemyst AI memory toggle icon inside the message box. Flip the switch to ON - and that’s it! Your Chat sessions will now be enhanced with Alchemyst AI’s memory - preserving important context across conversations.
Screenshot showing extension enabled successfully
Example view of the memory toggle icon in ChatGPT.

Saving context to the Alchemyst AI

  • We can now save our conversations with chatGPT and Claude to Alchemyst’s memory.
  • to save the context.
    1. go to chatGPT or Claude conversation you want to save.
    2. click the extension icon in the browser toolbar.
    3. click the save context button in the extension popup.
  • this will save the context to the Alchemyst AI memory.
  • we can then use this context in our future conversations with chatGPT and Claude.

Usage Tips

  • You can turn memory ON or OFF anytime by using the toggle in the message box.
  • Upload any relevant context or documents you want to store as memory on the Platform
  • If you update your API key, simply re-enter it through the extension popup.

Troubleshooting

  • Memory not activating? Double-check your API key and ensure the extension is enabled in Chrome.
  • Can’t see the icon? Refresh the LLM page after installation.

That’s it!

You’re now running ChatGPT with Alchemyst AI memory integration - a smarter, more personal assistant that remembers what matters.