# Hjarni for Personal Life Your AI gives the same answers to everyone. Teach it your life once, and stop re-explaining yourself. 25 notes free, forever. No credit card required. We’ll keep the template ready while you connect your assistant. **Hjarni has its own native apps.** Free on every plan for [iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Mac](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761733903) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hjarni.app). Same account, same notes as the web. An internet connection is required. ## Ask about your own life and get a real answer Birthdays, favorite places, house details, and routines become reusable context your assistant can look up when it replies, and update when they change. Claude answers from your house note, then updates it when the details change. ## The problem Gift ideas, dinner suggestions, and weekly plans work better with your own context: that you're vegetarian, which Bosch washing machine you own, or which plumber you trust. ChatGPT and Claude can remember details from past conversations, with controls to review and correct what they retain. If you want the same maintained household notes available to both assistants, a shared knowledge base gives you a place to keep them. ## How people use Hjarni for personal life Keep small, durable notes about the people, preferences, and practical details that make up your life. Connect ChatGPT or Claude once, and your AI can search and read the relevant notes when a question calls for them, or when you ask. An AI instruction can encourage it to check Hjarni first. Ask it to retrieve the relevant note when you need to be sure it uses that context. A typical personal setup - **People folder**: birthdays, gift ideas, kids' names, what you last talked about - **Household folder**: appliance models, paint colors, wifi details, tradespeople you trust - **Preferences note**: food rules, sizes, routines, how you like plans made - **Plans folder**: trips, weekends, and the running list of things to book - **AI instructions**: "We're vegetarian. Weeknight dinners under 30 minutes. Never plan anything on Sunday mornings." ![The folder sidebar in Hjarni showing People, Household, and Plans folders, each with one note.](https://hjarni.com/use-cases/personal.png) ## A concrete workflow Sunday evening, you ask Claude: "Read our preferences and last week's meals in Hjarni, then plan our dinners for the week." Your notes say you're vegetarian and weeknights need to stay under 30 minutes. Claude can use those details to draft a plan and grocery list for you to check. The habit that makes it work is small: after a dinner with a friend, add one line to their note. Next gift, next visit, next "what was that place they recommended?" gets easier. ## Why not just use ChatGPT's memory? ChatGPT and Claude provide controls to review, correct, and remove remembered information. Hjarni adds explicit Markdown notes you write, read, and edit, with the same notes available for connected assistants to retrieve through MCP. See [Hjarni vs ChatGPT Memory](https://hjarni.com/compare/hjarni-vs-chatgpt-memory) for the full comparison. > Keep the details worth remembering in notes you can check and update. ## What people save in Hjarni - **People**: birthdays, gift ideas, and the details worth remembering between visits - **Household**: appliance models, paint colors, meter numbers, and trusted tradespeople - **Preferences**: food rules, sizes, routines, and brands that fit - **Recipes and meals**: what you cook, what worked, and what to make again - **Plans**: trips, weekends, gift lists, and things to book - **Routines**: workouts, allergies, and habits you want your AI to respect ## Skip the blank page Choose a template, connect your assistant, and ask it to create the folders and instructions. Then save a real note and ask for it in a new chat. ### [Personal CRM](https://hjarni.com/templates/personal-crm) A shape for the people in your professional life. Who they are, how you met, what you last talked about, what to ask next time. Claude and ChatGPT draft messages that sound like they know the person, because they do. ### [Recipe Book](https://hjarni.com/templates/recipe-book) Save recipes from URLs or conversations, organized by meal type. Then ask ChatGPT or Claude what to cook with what is in your fridge. Common questions ## Questions people actually ask **Can ChatGPT remember personal things about me?** Yes. Save what matters as notes in Hjarni, such as people, preferences, household details, and plans, then connect ChatGPT or Claude over MCP. Your AI can search and read relevant notes when a question calls for them or when you ask. The notes persist across conversations, while retrieval depends on the assistant using the connection. **What should I put in a personal knowledge base?** Start with whatever you keep re-explaining: dietary rules, birthdays and gift ideas, appliance models, trusted tradespeople, travel preferences, and routines. Small factual notes are a useful starting point. Ask your assistant to retrieve the relevant notes and check what it used. **How is this different from ChatGPT's built-in memory?** Native memory can be reviewed and corrected through the controls available on the account. Hjarni adds deliberately maintained Markdown documents, sharing and attributed note versions across compatible connected assistants. Use the workflow that fits the information you want to maintain. **Is my personal information private?** Personal notes are separate from shared team notes. A connected assistant can access notes through permitted tools; normal OAuth connections retain your account’s full access. You can revoke the connection. Export active notes and attachments as Markdown; standard export omits revision history and folder instructions. See [privacy and permissions](https://hjarni.com/docs/privacy-and-permissions) and [export details](https://hjarni.com/docs/export-and-ownership). **Do I need to be technical to set this up?** No. You write notes in plain language and connect ChatGPT or Claude with a short guided setup. No code and no plugins: if you can use a notes app, you can use Hjarni.