Build a "Super Workbench" for AI, Let It Remember Your Style and Projects

It's not that AI can't generate good content, but every time you excitedly start a new conversation, you have to explain your background all over again like a customer service rep: "Who you are, what you do, what tone you like, where this project was last week..." AI isn't unwilling to help; it just suffers from "selective amnesia," treating you like a stranger every time. Many self-media creators and entrepreneurs think the solution is to collect 100 "god-level Prompt templates." The result? The collection gathers dust, and you still end up awkwardly chatting with AI every time. The real game-changer isn't stacking Prompts, but building a long-running "super workbench" for AI.

1. Chat History Is Not Really "Memory"

Many people like to tell AI: "Check our previous chat history and write in that style." Stop! This is the most typical ineffective feeding. What does chat history contain? Your momentary whims, AI-generated drafts, wrong attempts that went astray, and large chunks of repetitive explanations. Throwing this pile of scrap metal directly at AI, its context window reads not "memory" but massive noise.

An AI memory system that can help you make money and truly understand human language must be structurally divided into three layers at the bottom:

Layer 1: Identity Memory (Who are you? What are your long-term goals and no-go zones?)
Layer 2: Project Memory (How many plates are you spinning? Where is the progress stuck?)
Layer 3: Judgment Memory (What viral hits have you validated? What pitfalls have you stepped into? Which styles should never be used again?)

Only by clearly separating these three layers can AI output not generic nonsense like Baidu Baike, but customized solutions that hit the pain points.

2. The "Minimum Viable AI Directory" Best Suited for Ordinary People

Hearing "memory system," many people start to panic: Do I need to learn Obsidian? Set up databases, vector retrieval, or even piece together RAG workflows? Absolutely not! Trust me, most people fail because they make tools too complicated.

You just need to create an ordinary folder on your computer with a few basic Markdown (.md) files:

ai-memory/ (AI Super Workbench)
├── AGENTS.md        <-- Core: Your full-time AI employee manual
├── profile.md       <-- Your personal/brand background
├── projects.md      <-- Current project progress
├── style.md         <-- Your exclusive writing style and visual preferences
├── lessons.md       <-- Pitfall history and viral methodology
├── people.md        <-- Client, partner, or target audience profiles
└── inbox.md         <-- Temporary inspiration trash bin (most important!)

The core logic here is not "storing data" but establishing rules. Let AI know as soon as it enters: where to read first? Which are no-go zones?

If you only want to spend 5 minutes to get started today, first create AGENTS.md. It's your job description for AI. Copy my template directly:

📄 AGENTS.md Template Example

👤 My Identity
I am a person who creates AI tool tutorials and self-media content, mainly focusing on AI workflows, content systems, and practical AI implementation for ordinary people.

🎯 My Long-term Goals
Turn obscure AI tools into "money-making tools" that ordinary users can understand at a glance and use immediately. Reject vague tech concepts, reject outdated topics, every piece of content must come with a practical application scenario.

✍️ Writing Preferences and Sense

Golden First Three Seconds: The first sentence must point out a common industry misconception that breaks people's defenses.
Golden Middle: Reject filler, directly give systems, steps, templates, or real cases.
Dry Ending: Conclude with a methodological golden sentence that can be posted directly on Moments.
Tone: Tough mouth but soft heart, direct, specific, with strong personal judgment.
Absolute Banned Words: Self-indulgent empty phrases like "in today's internet era," "empower the future," "close the loop."

When AI loads this file, it is no longer a cold machine but a full-time content director you hired at a high salary who knows you best.

3. Practical Scenarios: How Does It Double Your Efficiency?

With this system, your future workflow will be so smooth it will make you scream:

Scenario 1: Chase Hot Topics and Write Viral Articles
Stuff all past viral hits with over 10k likes and failed drafts into style.md and lessons.md. Next time you see a hot topic, just throw the article to AI with a note: "Based on the historical logic in style.md and lessons.md, judge whether this topic has viral potential. If not, give me 5 more specific alternative angles that others haven't written about."

Scenario 2: Precisely Serve Clients
Write different clients' quirks and backgrounds into people.md. Next time AI helps you write a proposal, it will never output a generic SaaS big-company PPT nonsense but precisely grasp the client's aesthetics.

4. Ultimate Pitfall Avoidance: How to Prevent the System from Dying Due to "Laziness to Maintain"?

The only way this system dies is if maintenance costs are too high. Never fantasize that you will neatly archive every day like an old accountant. Human nature is to be lazy. So the most realistic and human-friendly method is: first mess up, then organize.

That's why the folder must have an inbox.md. Any temporary thoughts, cases you come across, user feedback—don't categorize, just dump them all in:

📥 inbox.md Messy Scene

Today I saw a case of AI + WeChat automatic contract archiving. This is suitable for writing about ordinary people's automation. Note it down!
Today a reader scolded me in the comments, saying topics like "testing AI" are too old and boring. Won't write about them anymore.
Reference a big V's writing style: first correct misconceptions, then systematize, finally give templates. Users buy it.

After accumulating a certain amount, you don't need to do it yourself. Just throw this trash bin file to AI and say: "Please help me organize inbox.md. Update long-lasting sense and pitfall avoidance guides into style.md and lessons.md. Delete temporary expired info from inbox. Remember, don't pollute my long-term memory."

See, this is the ultimate charm of human-machine collaboration: humans are responsibly generating inspiration, AI is rationally summarizing memory.

👉 Listen, do this step today
Don't wait until tomorrow. Go to your computer desktop now and create a folder called ai-memory. Even if you only create three files today:

AGENTS.md (write your long-term iron rules)
projects.md (write the projects you're currently grinding on)
style.md (write your most hated and favorite expression styles)

Stop fighting AI's forgetfulness with your flesh and blood. Tame it into the clone that knows you best, starting by formatting its "brain."