Brain Structure

Vant’s memory system - organized markdown files for AI context.

Overview

The brain lives in models/public/ and contains personality, goals, and learned context. Each file serves a specific purpose.

Core Files

Goals & Memory

Interaction

System

Customizing Your Brain

Brain file structure and management.

Start Fresh

Initialize a new brain.

Create new brain repo:

# Create new brain repo
gh repo create my-brain --private
git clone my-brain models/public

Modify Files

Edit brain files directly.

Edit and commit:

# Edit any brain file
nano models/public/goals.md

# Commit changes
git add -A
git commit -m "Updated goals"

View Current Brain

Inspect your brain state.

Load and display:

# Load and display brain
vant load

# Show brain files
ls models/public/

Succession System

The _succession.json tracks brain versions:

{
  "version": "0.8.4",
  "succession": {
    "previous": {
      "version": "0.8.2",
      "commit": "8fed7d2"
    }
  }
}

Trust levels control how much context to inherit:

See also: Architecture, Succession