> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.genieforge.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Scratchpad

> Inspect what the AI keeps for the current conversation in the Scratchpad (notes and keyed entries).

# Scratchpad

In long chats, GenieForge can summarize older messages so the conversation stays usable. The **Scratchpad** is how the AI deliberately pins decisions, constraints, IDs, and other load-bearing facts so they stay available even after summarization.

The Scratchpad belongs to **one conversation**. It is not the same as [Memories](/users-and-access/memories), which can remember facts about a person across conversations when that setting is enabled. Do not store secrets there; use Environment Variables.

## Open the Scratchpad

In builder chat (full page or the page side panel), use **Scratchpad** in the chat top bar. It is read-only for you; the AI writes and updates it during the conversation. Use **Refresh** if you want the latest contents after a turn.

The panel has two sections:

* **Notes**: freeform text the AI keeps for this chat (goals, decisions, constraints, open TODOs).
* **Keyed entries**: short named facts the AI can update one at a time (for example a draft record ID or the current step).

The Scratchpad does not appear in the chat transcript. Treat it like any other place the AI might store notes: do not paste secrets or credentials into the chat expecting them to be safe there.

## When it helps

Open the Scratchpad when a long build or support thread starts to lose detail, or when you want to see what the AI is treating as durable for this conversation. If something important is missing from the panel, say so in chat and ask the AI to record it.

## What is not copied

* **Fork chat** copies message history through the fork point, but not the Scratchpad. The new branch starts with empty notes and keyed entries.
* Export / import carry app configuration, not conversation Scratchpad contents.

The Scratchpad control is available in builder chat (full page and the page side panel). It is not offered in the end-user portal UI.

## Related

* [Using the AI chat](/building/using-the-ai-chat)
* [Fork chat](/building/fork-chat)
* [Memories](/users-and-access/memories)