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Recall

One question a day to deepen your identity profile.

What it does

Recall reads your identity profile and people files, finds gaps in what Patina knows about you, and asks one thoughtful question at a time. Your answers are analyzed by Claude and filed directly into the right places in your repo. Over time, your profile becomes richer and your briefings become more personalized.

Questions rotate through seven categories: mundane facts, people depth, origin stories, opinions, decision-making patterns, aspirational gaps, and follow-ups on previous answers. It tracks what it's already asked and avoids repeating topics.

How it works

  1. Recall loads your identity/profile.md, CLAUDE.md, and up to 15 people files from your repo
  2. Claude analyzes the content, cross-references what's already known, and identifies a gap
  3. It generates one question targeting that gap, rotating through categories to keep things varied
  4. You type your answer (skip if you want a different question)
  5. Claude processes your answer and determines which files to update and what to add
  6. Changes are committed to your repo with a message like "Daily question #42"

Setup

1

Install Recall

Download Recall from TestFlight. It's a free beta.

2

Create a GitHub personal access token

Recall needs a token to read your profile and write answers back to your repo.

  1. Go to github.com/settings/tokens and click "Generate new token"
  2. Select "Fine-grained token"
  3. Name it something like "Recall" and set an expiration
  4. Under "Repository access", select "Only select repositories" and choose your Patina repo
  5. Under "Permissions", grant Contents read and write access
  6. Click "Generate token" and copy it
If you already created a token for Sumi, you can reuse the same one.
3

Connect your repo

Open Recall, tap the gear icon, and fill in:

  1. Owner: your GitHub username
  2. Repo: your Patina repo name (e.g. life-os)
  3. Token: paste the token you created
4

Add your Claude API key

Recall uses Claude to generate questions and process your answers. This key is required.

  1. Go to console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
  2. Create a new key and copy it (starts with sk-ant-)
  3. Paste it in Recall's settings under "Claude API Key"
5

Answer your first question

Close settings and Recall will load your profile and generate a question. Type your answer and tap submit. Claude analyzes your response, decides which files to update (identity profile, people files, or both), and commits the changes to your repo.