How ThinkingMemory works
Plain language for sources, claims, citations — the model that makes everything else click.
Most “knowledge” tools dump text into a search index and hope the model finds the right chunk. ThinkingRoot stores claims: short facts, each locked to the exact place you taught them. That graph is ThinkingMemory — what your AI reads when it answers.
That’s why answers can show citations — and why “I don’t know” is allowed.
Teach
Upload docs, notes, or a URL.
Remember
ThinkingMemory locks facts to their source.
Ask
Get answers with citations — or an honest “I don’t know.”
Nothing is invented. If it isn’t in what you taught, the answer stays empty.
The chain of custody
Teach → Compile → Claims + sources → ThinkingMemory
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Ask / recall ◀───────┘
(answers cite the claims)- A source is what you upload (file, note, URL) — tracked so changes are visible.
- Compilation turns it into claims (facts) with provenance (where each fact came from).
- Claims mention entities (people, products, ideas) and how they connect.
- When you ask, ThinkingMemory finds the right claims and builds the answer from them — or stays empty.
Terms, in one line each
| Term | What it is |
|---|---|
| Source | Something you taught — a doc, note, or URL. |
| Compilation | Turning sources into claims ThinkingMemory can use. |
| Claim | One atomic fact, locked to its source. |
| Witness | The byte-level proof behind a claim. |
| Entity | A named thing — person, system, concept. |
| Relation | How two entities connect, backed by claims. |
| Branch | A safe fork of ThinkingMemory — explore, then merge. |
| Health | Checks for contradictions, stale facts, grounding gaps. |
Why this matters
An answer isn’t “the model’s opinion.” It’s a set of citations you can open. And because ThinkingMemory knows what it contains, “I don’t have that” is a real, first-class answer.
Read on for each piece in depth.