> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bor-os.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Memory & Skills

> BOR remembers you across sessions — facts you tell it and things it learns — and loads Markdown skills that teach it your procedures.

A companion that forgets you every morning isn't a companion. Bed of Roses keeps durable memory per presence, and you can extend what it *knows how to do* with skills.

## Memory

### What it remembers

* **Facts about you** — "remember that I'm vegetarian", "remember my team's standup is at 9:15". BOR also stores things on its own when it learns something durable. Remembered facts are re-injected into every conversation, so you never repeat yourself.
* **Sessions** — every conversation is saved with its full card thread, powering the History view and letting BOR reference what you did together last week.

### Directing it

* "Remember that…" — store a fact.
* "What do you remember about me?" — recall.
* "Forget my old address." — delete a fact.

Memory lives on your disk, per presence, under that presence's data folder. Deleting the memory folder gives a presence amnesia without touching its apps or settings.

## Skills

A **skill** is a Markdown file that teaches BOR a procedure — your deploy checklist, your research brief format, your design process. When a task matches a skill's description, BOR loads it and follows it.

Skills live in two places:

* **Global** — `~/.bed-of-roses/skills/` (every presence, every project).
* **Project** — `.bed-of-roses/skills/` in the current project (overrides global on name clashes).

Drop a `.md` file in either folder and it's picked up automatically. Writing a good skill: lead with a precise one-line description of *when* to use it, then concrete steps — exact commands, exact output shape. Skills can direct BOR to use any of its tools (search the web, build an app, run commands).

### Memory vs. skills vs. connectors

* **Memory** — facts about *you*.
* **Skills** — *procedures* you want followed the same way every time.
* **[Connectors](/features/connectors) / [MCP](/mcp/overview)** — external *services and tools* BOR can reach.

## What to say

* "Remember that invoices go in \~/Documents/Invoices, named by date."
* "Use my release-checklist skill and ship version 2.1."
* "What skills do you have?"