Overview

Anthropic’s Claude has a new “import your memories” feature that allows users to export all stored personal data and conversation context. The entire feature is actually just a carefully crafted prompt that instructs Claude to list every memory it has stored about the user in a copyable format.

Key Points

  • Claude’s memory import feature uses a detailed prompt to extract all stored user data - you can replicate this functionality without the official feature
  • The prompt requests comprehensive data including personal details, preferences, instructions, and project context - users gain full visibility into what AI systems remember about them
  • Data is formatted as copyable code blocks with dates when available - enables easy migration between AI services
  • The prompt specifically asks for verbatim preservation and confirmation of completeness - ensures no stored context is accidentally omitted during export