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The Unabyss Vault
Everything we know about personal context for AI - what it is, how it works, how to build it, and why the difference between context and memory matters more than it sounds. Written for people who use AI tools seriously and want to get more out of them.
Read article How to Give AI Access to Your Data Without Giving It Away
Giving AI access to your data is not the same as giving it away. Own your context, grant scoped per-tool permissions, and serve it through MCP instead of pasting into prompts.
10 April 2026 · 5 min read
Read article Why You Keep Re-Explaining Yourself to AI (The Cold-Start Problem)
Every new AI session, you start over. Who you are, what you're working on, how you like things done — you type it all again, or paste it from a doc, or spend the first ten messages course-correctin...
9 April 2026 · 5 min read
Read article How Marketers Should Set Up Context for Their AI Tools
Marketers were among the first to adopt AI seriously — for copy, content, campaigns, research. And most have hit the same wall: the output sounds like everyone else's, because the AI doesn't know y...
7 April 2026 · 4 min read
Read article Connectors vs MCP vs a Context Layer: What's the Difference?
If you've set up AI tools recently, you've run into all three terms — connectors, MCP, context layer — often used as if they're interchangeable. They're not, and the confusion is understandable bec...
6 April 2026 · 5 min read
Read article What Is an AI Second Brain? (And How to Build One)
The 'second brain' idea has been around for years — a system outside your head that holds what you know, so you don't have to remember everything. The AI version is more than a searchable notes app...
3 April 2026 · 4 min read
Read article Does Claude Remember Things About You? (And Why It Doesn't Know Your ChatGPT History)
If you used Claude before 2026, you remember it forgetting everything between conversations. That's no longer true — and a lot of advice online is out of date. Claude does remember things about you...
2 April 2026 · 4 min read