#Context Allocation — Tuning Your AI

Your AI has a limited attention span — context allocation lets you decide what it pays attention to. Think of it as a mixing board for your AI's brain, where you control which instruments get turned up.

#What It Does

Every time you send a message to your AI assistant, the app assembles a bundle of context to send along with it: your inventory items, your recent location visits, your past conversations, and more. But AI models have a fixed context window — a maximum amount of information they can consider at once. Context allocation lets you control how that limited space is divided among different data types.

By adjusting the sliders, you tell the AI what to prioritize. Crank up Inventory Items and the AI gets more detail about your stuff — every brand, every expiry date, every note. Boost Recent Visits and the AI becomes more aware of where you've been and when. Increase Questions Asked and it remembers more of your conversation history.

The total budget is fixed. Giving more space to one category means less space for another. It's a zero-sum game, but a friendly one — the defaults work well for most people, and you only need to adjust if you're asking specific types of questions that need deeper context.

#How to Use It

#iOS App

1. Go to Account (tap your profile icon or the Account tab)
2. Scroll to Context Allocation
3. You'll see sliders for each context category:
   • Recent Visits — location and beacon visit history
   • Questions Asked — your past conversation history
   • Inventory Items — your cataloged belongings and their details
4. Drag any slider to adjust its allocation
5. The total across all categories remains constant — increasing one automatically decreases others proportionally
6. Changes take effect on your next message to the AI

#When to Adjust

Before an inventory deep-dive: Boost Inventory Items before asking detailed questions like "What electronics do I have worth over $500?" or "List every spice in my pantry with expiry dates." More inventory context means the AI can include more items and more detail per item.

Before a location-focused session: Boost Recent Visits before asking "Where did I go this week?" or "How long was I at the museum?" The AI gets a richer location timeline to work with.

Before referencing past conversations: Boost Questions Asked before asking "What did we talk about regarding my camera collection?" or "Remind me what recipe you suggested last week." More conversation history means better recall of past exchanges.

When things feel off: If the AI seems to be ignoring your inventory when answering questions, or forgetting recent conversations, check your allocation — one category might be starved.

#Via Chat

You can ask the AI about your current allocation:

• "What are my context allocation settings?"
• "How much context is going to my inventory right now?"

Note: you can't change allocation via chat — it's a settings screen feature.

#Tips & Tricks

• The defaults are genuinely good. The balanced allocation works well for general-purpose questions that touch on inventory, location, and history. Only adjust if you're doing something specific and finding the AI's responses shallow in a particular area.
• Reset to defaults if responses feel off. If you boosted inventory to the max for a stock-taking session and forgot to reset, your location and conversation context will be thin until you rebalance. The reset button is your friend.
• Think of it as temporary tuning, not permanent configuration. Adjust before a specific session, then reset when you're done. It's a mixing board, not a set-it-and-forget-it thermostat.

#Options

#Known Limitations

• Total allocation is fixed. You cannot increase the overall context budget — only redistribute it. The total is determined by the AI model's context window and your subscription tier. More of one thing always means less of another.
• Changes take effect on the next message. Adjusting sliders mid-conversation doesn't retroactively change the AI's understanding — it affects what context is sent with your next question.
• You can't allocate by specific category of item. The Inventory slider controls all inventory context equally. You can't say "more about food, less about electronics" — the AI decides what's most relevant based on your question.
• No per-conversation overrides. Allocation is a global setting. If you want different allocations for different types of questions, you'll need to adjust the sliders each time.

#Version History