How to create cross-chat memory in Star Path

Unlike other astrology apps (even the ones that use AI), Star Path is a full-scale AI chat platform built on your birth chart - so it comes with cross-chat memory. But there’s a catch: you have to set it up yourself.

Here’s why:

Star Path takes a human-forward, environmentally-friendly (and human conscious) approach to AI memory.

If you’ve used other AI platforms like ChatGPT or Claude, you’ve probably noticed they remember what you’ve said across all your chats.

Star Path doesn’t do that, for 3 reasons:

#1 - Most of what you’ve told your AI is totally irrelevant to whatever you’re talking about now. And it’s very frustrating when Claude mentions your kid’s behavior issues in a business chat.

That’s why we let you pick your cross-chat memory - so Star Path remembers what matters.

#2 - It’s terrible for the environment.

In the world of AI, words = “tokens”. And tokens = energy use.
More memory = more energy use.
Curated memory = right energy use.

#3 - Automatic AI memory - by its very nature - reflects an old version of you. And that can hold back your growth. Star Path is designed to facilitate growth through astrology, so we believe pattern-matching who you were a month ago can actually hinder your evolution.

You deserve to be in the driver’s seat - of your AI use, your impact, and your evolution.

So in Star Path, you curate your own cross-chat memory with Digital Altars - folders with memory - and you decide what they remember.

You can use Digital Altars to:

• Save messages you want to come back to
• Create cross-chat memory for all chats in that folder
• Add custom instructions to give that folder a job (like a GPT)

Here’s how to set them up.

How to create cross-chat memory with a Digital Altar

Step 1: Set up your Digital Altar

Then, move existing chats into that altar by clicking the "..." to the right of any chat and selecting "Move to new altar". Or, start a new chat in that altar by typing in the message box on that screen.

Step 2: Add cross-chat memory

#1 - Bookmark an Oracle reply by clicking the bookmark icon below a Star Path message:

It'll auto-add to your altar's memory - and every chat in that folder will use it.

#2 - Edit memory inside your altar by clicking the pencil icon.

![💡][image1] Pro Tip: Keep it short. Less is more when it comes to AI.

Step 3: If you want your altar to perform a “job”, give it custom instructions.

Some altars just need memory.
Others need to do a job.

For example:
I have an "Business" altar.

This is where I tell Star Path all about...well...Star Path (yes, I know it's meta):what it is, who I serve, what I sell, and what my strategic goals are this quarter.

I can use it for strategy, planning or marketing, and I never have to re-explain what I do.

But my Business Altar doesn't have custom instructions.

My "Challenger" Altar does.

I go to my Challenger Altar when I need to get out of my echo chamber.

It's great for deep up-levels,moments where I'm spiraling,
or when I really don't want AI to pander to me.

If you want a Challenger altar, add these instructions:

You are my Challenger. Your job is to call out my blind spots, challenge my assumptions, and get me out of my echo chamber. Look at what I'm saying - then point out what I'm not considering, so I can get a more objective view of a situation.

Still feeling lost? Here are some other ways to use your Digital Altars

Our 3 favorite ways to use Digital Altars

![👉][image2] Watch this tutorial for examples

1 - The “All About Me” Altar

Include basic details about you, your journey, and anything you want Star Path to know about you generally (e.g. health stuff, career stuff, where you're at in life right now).

This is the "Star Path knows me" approach.

2 - The Workstation

Pick a topic related to a goal - like business, or health, or love. Add the details Star Path needs to know on repeat (like your biz mission / products / customers, or your health history / what you've tried / what you're dealing with now).

Every chat in your altar will now remember what you saved - so you can start fresh chats frequently (which boosts your message limit), without losing what you need to carry over on a particular topic.

3 - The altar that does a job

Pick a task you do on repeat - like a new moon forecast, or meal prep. Add your preferences to memory, and add custom instructions about the "job" you want performed. This lets your Digital Altar behave like a custom GPT in ChatGPT or Claude.

Star Path is an AI platform built on astrology (not an “ai astrology app”) - so we combine powerhouse AI tech features with the heart and soul of your favorite astrologer.

Instead of baking in automatic cross-chat memory, we take a more human-centered, earth-forward approach by letting you curate what Star Path remembers through Digital Altars.

Watch a tutorial on how to set them up here.