The meaning layer for the people who matter to you
Before they fade away
Remember · Understand · Preserve
Helps you preserve what you’ve always meant to save
about the people who matter— but never had time to organize.
Not another photo dump—and not an AI clone of a person.
A guided path from one moment to a private meaning layer for your Circle
you can ask and pass on.
Photos are raw memory. BeforeEmpty is the meaning layer.
What this moment meant—who it shaped, what it taught, how care was shown—becomes yours to keep, before the stories fade away.
What you build
check_circleGuided prompts for your Circle—help you remember a moment about someone, instead of a blank page or a lifetime-sized task.
check_circleLife moments, values, and patterns—structured meaning for the people who matter, so you can ask later—not just files in a folder.
check_circleA private, portable meaning layer—evidence stays under your control; AI helps you explore meaning, not recreate a person.
Remember a moment for someone in your Circle.
Build a meaning layer that grows with care.
lock
Your private meaning stays yours
Discover
How a moment becomes meaning
One guided path—product steps and how meaning grows, together.
Not another album dump. Capture a moment for someone’s story, then carry the meaning forward.
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Capture · Photo
A moment you almost let slip
Remember a moment for someone in your Circle—photo optional, a few lines enough. Guided prompts help you begin when a blank start would stall.
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Organize · Story
Words the image can’t hold alone
Turn what you wrote into life moments and a clear story—a private meaning layer you can return to, not a messy folder.
03
Retrieve · Meaning
Values and patterns you can ask
Research what you preserved—stories, values, hard seasons—with evidence from what you’ve kept, not an AI clone of a person.
04
Preserve · Legacy
Something private you can pass on
Keep evidence under your control. Export a portable memory legacy so meaning can outlast any single app—and not fade away with time.
One photo became a story. One story revealed meaning. One meaning became a Circle legacy.
Stories being preserved
Illustrative examples—not a leaderboard.
Every story begins with one moment in your Circle.
Quiet beginnings—anonymous and illustrative.No public profiles.No scores.
○A first family dinner that still shapes how care is shown
○A childhood summer place returned to years later
○A letter never sent—kept so the meaning isn’t lost
○Advice before leaving home—words that travel farther than the trip
“I started with one photo of my father.
Months later I had preserved stories I never knew existed.”
— Early member (illustrative)
Examples are simulated for the homepage.
BeforeEmpty does not show other people’s private stories publicly.
Privacy-First, Local-First
Private & Safe
security
Vault
Photos, videos, and files stay in your Vault on device. The platform guides meaning—it does not take ownership of original media.
visibility
Meaning, not surveillance
We keep progress and structured memory summaries so you can ask about what you preserved. Full drafts and media remain with you unless you export.
download
Portable memory legacy
Export a package for your own storage and migration—stories, values, and meaning you can pass on. Not a digital twin of a person; a legacy of what they left behind.
“Trust is the foundation of a private meaning layer. We protect what matters most.”
Ready to preserve what matters— before it fades away?
Free is enough to start one real moment for someone who matters.
Grow what you’ve preserved when you are ready— details live in Settings → Plan after you sign in.
About Before Empty
BeforeEmpty
Before they fade away
We built a place for the stories that almost disappear.
Today your Circle leaves more stories than ever—while what a moment meant still fades unless someone keeps it.
Photos pile up.
Feeds never stop.
Time doesn’t wait.
What a moment meant—who it shaped, what it taught, how love was shown—fades quietly, unless someone keeps it.
A desk. A photograph. A moment that still asks to be kept.
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What will your children know—if you never write it down?
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What did that ordinary Tuesday mean—after the people are gone?
03
If meaning lives only in your head, who inherits it?
You don’t need a perfect collection. You need a first moment in your Circle—kept with care.
Some words were never sent. They still deserve a home.
Why meaning gets lost—even when we save everything
These aren’t small frictions. They’re why so many lives leave noise behind—and so little meaning.
01 · The endless camera roll
We store everything—and delete almost nothing. Years later the album is a burden: too precious to erase, too chaotic to use.
02 · The feed that never deepens
Blogs and short social create endless text, images, and video.
They move fast.
They rarely become lasting memory—or meaning you can ask later.
03 · The blank start in an AI age
Tools can write for us. The hard part remains: starting with a real moment about someone you love, and keeping what it meant—not another disposable draft.
04 · The privacy wall
Many stories stay trapped offline because uploading to today’s platforms feels unsafe. If meaning requires giving away the originals, people simply don’t begin.
05 · Stories that can’t answer back
Scattered notes and albums can be sincere—and still hard to search, revisit, or hand to the next generation as a living story.
The meaning layer for the people who matter to you
BeforeEmpty helps you preserve what you’ve always meant to save about the people who matter—but never had time to organize.
Not another album.
Not a public feed.
Not an AI twin of someone you love.
Start small
One photo. A few lines. A guided start when a blank page would stall.
Find meaning later
Values and patterns you can return to—grounded in what you preserved.
Keep private
Evidence stays yours. Meaning you can pass on.
Private by design. Beta · invite only—we grow carefully because trust is the product.
Begin free. Grow when what you’ve preserved becomes precious.
Start Preserving is enough for a real first moment in your Circle—so the habit begins before it slips.
When one person becomes many, the Pro plan gives you room to keep growing:
more moments per person, more monthly AI help, the same private meaning layer—with space to last.
You don’t upgrade for features.
You upgrade when what you’ve kept starts to matter too much to lose.
You don’t pay for noise. You protect meaning—before it becomes another unread folder.
One moment in your Circle is enough to start.
A lifetime of meaning is what you’re protecting.
Beta · invite only · Your private meaning stays yours
Plan
Plan
Beta · invite only
BeforeEmpty is in a private beta.
First-time sign-in needs an invite—so we grow carefully, keep the product personal, and protect trust around private family stories.
How to get an invite
·Ask someone already inside BeforeEmpty to share an unused invite code.
·Or join the waiting list below — if approved, we email a code bound to the address you enter.
·Already registered? Just email + access code — no invite needed.
Request an invite
Submitting adds you to our invite waiting list. We’ll email you only if a spot opens.
You’re joining a waiting list—we usually review within a few days.
If approved, your invite code is emailed to this address only.
If we can’t offer a spot, we may not send a separate notice.
Free · Start Preserving
Enough to begin a real habit—before the moment slips. Same private meaning layer; limits keep early use focused.
check_circleUp to 3 people in your Circle — and a meaning layer for each of their stories (any mix of parents, family, or someone important).
check_circleAbout 5 moments per person to start — Preserve a moment and Guided story share this set (one pool, not two).
check_circleFind meaning — ask from what you’ve preserved in your Circle, while monthly AI help remains.
check_circlePrivate by design — Vault keeps original media on your device; meaning stays yours to export.
When Free isn’t enough
The Pro plan expands room for a fuller private collection and more monthly AI help—same Find meaning quality, more space to last.
Full plan comparison, redeem codes, and your current usage are available after you sign in—under Settings → Plan.
Beta entitlements may change as we learn.
Your preserved moments remain yours.
Set your Vault
Before you preserve what matters, choose a local folder on this device. Photos and files stay there—not in our cloud—so nothing is left only in the browser.
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Same account on a new device? Choose a folder first, then
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Folder Vault works best in Chrome or Edge. On Safari / iPhone, people and meaning still sync with your account; photos stay in this browser until you export a story backup.
Quick setup
Step 1 of 2
Start with one person—a parent, another family member, or someone important. Free includes up to 3 people—and a meaning layer for each of their stories. Nothing is pre-filled.
Whose story is this?
Next, practice preserving what matters for the person you just added. We’ll open the real form with a sample story and photo—the Who field stays locked.
The Who field stays locked to your new person
A short sample story (and sample photo)
One Remember button at the bottom
Last practice: a guided episode for your new person. All three steps are prefilled—use one save button when ready.
What happened
A concrete detail
Why it matters — one save button below
You’re ready
Vault is set. You practiced a sample moment and episode. Sample entries stay in the Vault folder—edit or replace them anytime.
Follow the sample, then continue.
All 3 steps on one page — then save the episode
Contact & feedback
Questions, bugs, product ideas, privacy, billing, or anything else—send it here. During Beta we review messages manually and may reply by email.
Signed in — we’ll use your account email for follow-up.
Delete account
This permanently deletes your cloud progress, persona, billing, and profile, and removes email sign-in.
Vault files on your device are not deleted.
We will send an access code to your account email.
Moment
No map theme linked
Share Memory Card
Edit
Meaning
Writing & photos
Photos (this device only)
image
No photos on this device yet. Add one below—never uploaded.
Privacy & your meaning layer
Last updated: -Policy version: -
Beta summary for transparency.
This is not a substitute for formal legal counsel.
Final policies may be published before a public launch.
What BeforeEmpty is. BeforeEmpty is a private meaning layer for the people who matter to you—photos, moments, and stories you choose to preserve about them in My Circle, turned into structured meaning (life moments, values, patterns, Memory Cards). You can start with Preserve a moment, optionally continue in Guided story, and use Find meaning to ask from what you’ve preserved. It helps you save what you always meant to organize, before stories fade away. It is not a public social network, not an AI clone or digital twin of a real person, and does not claim ownership of your original media. It is designed for reflection and a private meaning legacy—not psychological profiles, personality assessments, or judgments about other people.
1) What usually stays on your device
Photos, videos, audio, and documents are designed to remain under your control on your device and are not uploaded to our cloud storage as part of normal Preserve a moment or Guided story flows. Optional Vault keeps evidence files on disk you control. Drafts may also be stored locally in your browser (IndexedDB). Find meaning likewise does not upload original media files to cloud storage APIs.
2) What we may store in the cloud
To run the service we may store: email address or other account identifiers you choose to provide; progress metadata (for example Guided story completion state and content/media hashes); billing or redeem-code state; and structured meaning summaries derived from moments you preserve (such as life-event titles/summaries, values, patterns, and Memory Card fields). We may store these structured summaries to provide the service; they are treated as personal data and handled according to these privacy practices. Where practical we prefer hashes and structured summaries over retaining full plaintext drafts as the primary cloud record.
3) When you Preserve a moment or continue in Guided story
Text meaning you submit can be sent to our servers so your meaning layer (life events, values, Memory Cards, and related story signals) can update. You control what you write and attach.
4) When you use Find meaning or Deeper conversation
Your current message is sent to our backend to generate a reply. Optional PDF / Word (.docx) attachments may contribute extracted text as context for that reply. Photos, video, and audio are not analyzed in Find meaning—keep them with Preserve a moment if they belong in your story. Replies are AI-generated approximations grounded primarily in moments you preserved—they do not represent or recreate a real person, and are not a real person speaking.
5) AI and infrastructure providers
To generate replies we may send a system prompt (meaning-layer and safety constraints), your message, and optional document context to third-party AI providers. Raw local media files are not sent in the current design. Providers may process data outside your country. Please do not include information you would not want processed by these providers (for example passwords, government IDs, or confidential third-party records). Family stories you choose to explore with Find meaning may still be sensitive—use Find meaning only if you accept third-party processing of that text.
6) Data use boundary
Moments and stories you preserve are used only to provide and improve BeforeEmpty services. We do not sell what you preserved, and we do not use your private content to train public AI models without your permission.
7) Export, backup, and deletion
ZIP export and Vault sync can include text, media, and metadata for recovery on devices you control. Reset or account-deletion flows clear cloud progress and this browser’s local IndexedDB records for the signed-in user where implemented. Account deletion requires an access code sent to your account email before cloud data is permanently removed. Deleting your account does not automatically delete files stored in your personal Vault folder, because those files are stored outside our control on your device.
8) Children
BeforeEmpty is intended for adults who are old enough to use the service under the laws where they live (age of majority where required). Adults may preserve moments involving children when they have the appropriate rights and permissions to do so. Children should not create accounts. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, do not create an account.
9) Your rights and choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete personal data we hold, or to withdraw consent for optional processing (for example turning off story learning). Use Contact & feedback (site footer or Settings) with your account email or ID. We aim to respond within a reasonable time during Beta.
10) Security and limits
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures, but no online service can guarantee absolute security. You remain responsible for device access, Vault folder permissions, and backups.
11) Policy changes
We may update this summary as the product evolves. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date/version shown above. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised summary for Beta purposes.
Beta · invite only. BeforeEmpty is in a private beta: access is by invite, and features, limits, pricing, and availability may change, pause, or end without prior notice beyond what we can reasonably communicate.
Service description. The product helps you preserve moments about people who matter to you in My Circle as a private meaning layer—via Preserve a moment, optional Guided story, and Find meaning (asking from what you’ve preserved). It is not: a cloud photo album that takes ownership of your files; a public social network; an AI clone, digital twin, or recreation of a real person; legal, medical, counseling, or estate-planning advice; or a guarantee that AI replies match any real person.
Eligibility. You must be old enough to form a binding contract in your jurisdiction (and at least the age of majority where required). You are responsible for compliance with local law.
Your content and rights. You retain rights in content you upload or write. You grant us a limited license solely to host, process, and display that content as needed to operate the service (including extracting structured meaning and generating Find meaning / Deeper conversation replies). We do not claim ownership of your stories or media. We do not sell what you preserved or use your private content to train public AI models without your permission.
Others’ data and no third-party profiling. BeforeEmpty is designed for preserving your own life experiences and meaningful personal relationships. It is not intended for creating psychological profiles, personality assessments, or judgments about people who have not chosen to participate. If you include photos, stories, or details about other people, you confirm you have the legal right to do so and that your use respects their privacy and applicable consent rules. Do not upload unlawful, harmful, or unauthorized content. We encourage relationship-based storytelling and privacy-conscious writing: avoid unnecessary personally identifiable information (such as full legal names, addresses, phone numbers, identification numbers, or other sensitive details) unless you intentionally choose to preserve them as part of the moment.
AI boundary. Find meaning and Deeper conversation produce AI-generated text that may be incomplete or wrong. AI does not represent or recreate a real person. Do not treat outputs as statements by a living or deceased person, or as professional advice. The service is designed for reflection and exploring meaning in what you’ve preserved; it is not intended to replace relationships, grief support, therapy, or professional advice. Do not use the service to deceive others by presenting AI output as a real person’s speech.
Acceptable use. You agree not to misuse the service (including attempts to break security, scrape, spam, harass, infringe rights, create unauthorized profiles about others, or process data you are not allowed to process).
Availability. Uptime, model behavior, export formats, and third-party AI availability are provided on a best-effort basis during Beta. We may suspend access for maintenance, abuse, or legal risk.
Disclaimer and liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the service is provided “as is” without warranties of uninterrupted or error-free operation. Where liability cannot be excluded, our aggregate liability for claims relating to the Beta service is limited to the amounts you paid us for the service in the three months before the claim (or zero if you paid nothing), except where law prohibits such a limit (including fraud or willful misconduct).
Termination. You may stop using the service and request account deletion. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or create legal or security risk. Account deletion does not automatically remove Vault files stored on your device outside our control.
Governing law. These Beta terms are intended as a working summary. Governing law, venue, and dispute resolution will be stated in a formal agreement before public launch (typically the jurisdiction of the operating entity). If a formal agreement conflicts with this summary, the formal agreement controls.
Beta commercial status. BeforeEmpty is currently in Beta. Paid plans, credits, prices, features, and entitlements may change during Beta and before public launch. The terms shown at the time of purchase apply to that purchase.
14-day refund window. For paid plans or credit packs purchased directly from BeforeEmpty, you may request a refund within 14 days of the purchase or renewal date.
AI usage and abuse. Because AI processing involves real third-party costs, we may limit or decline refunds where a substantial amount of AI processing or credits has already been consumed, or where we reasonably believe the refund process is being abused. Promotional or complimentary credits, and promotional / redeem-code access, are generally non-refundable.
Cancellation. You may cancel a subscription at any time. Cancellation stops future renewal; it does not delete your preserved moments or other user content in My Circle. Unless otherwise stated, paid features remain available until the end of the current billing period. After the paid period ends, your account may return to Free limits for new captures (Preserve a moment / Guided story) and monthly AI help; existing preserved moments remain.
How to request a refund. Use Contact & feedback (site footer or Settings → Contact) with your account email or ID, purchase or payment reference, and approximate purchase date. A reason is helpful but optional. We aim to review refund requests within several business days.
Third-party purchases. If you purchase BeforeEmpty through a third-party platform or payment provider with its own refund process, the applicable platform or provider’s refund rules may apply.
Consumer rights. Nothing in this policy limits any statutory consumer rights or remedies that cannot legally be waived in your country or region.
Beta policy. This policy is a Beta summary and may be updated as the service evolves. A final public refund policy will be published before general launch. Until then, this section is the operative Beta summary.
Reply feedback
Optional · helps tune this story’s replies
Evaluating: Dad's Story · Find meaning
0 = not like them · 100 = very like them.
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Word choice, rhythm, and how they usually talk.
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Emotional tone, patience, and how they show care.
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What they judge as important and how they guide you.
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When things are tense—how they respond compared to your parent.
Meaning & Learning — help
Part 1 · Everyone
Everyday Learning settings
What you see in Settings → Learning. Optional, per person, and independent of each other.
Deeper conversation chat learning — when on, short cues from Deeper conversation may update this story’s meaning layer. Find meaning never writes learning.
Deeper meaning extraction — when on, preserving via Guided story (or a free moment) can use this month’s AI help for richer meaning (values, patterns, Memory Cards). Off = still save your words with lighter on-device rules.
Reply feedback — use Open feedback (or Rate this reply under a Find meaning reply) for optional ratings about how replies feel. Does not recreate a real person.
Quick tips
Change the person dropdown first—learning settings are per story track.
Prefer preserving moments in My Circle / Guided story before worrying about fine tuning.
If replies feel off, start with Reply feedback—you do not need advanced tools for that.
Part 2 · Advanced / superuser only
Story readiness & trait diagnostics
These controls live under Advanced · story readiness & diagnostics in Settings → Learning.
That block is hidden for normal accounts and only appears for advanced / superuser access.
If you do not see Readiness Check or Confirm trait, you are not missing a bug—those tools are not enabled for your account.
Optional diagnostics for the selected person’s meaning layer—not training an AI clone or digital twin of a real person.
When to use
Only when Deeper conversation replies feel off: too generic, too harsh, or inconsistent with moments you preserved—and everyday Reply feedback is not enough.
Step-by-step (advanced UI)
Open Advanced · story readiness & diagnostics (superuser).
Run Readiness Check, then open Check details.
Enter one trait at a time and choose a scenario.
Click Confirm trait or Reject trait.
Run Readiness Check again to compare.
Scenario guide
daily: routines and everyday conversations.
support: comfort, encouragement, and reassurance.
conflict: disagreements, tension, and repair.
decision: choices with trade-offs (career, money, family priorities).
Email in · short code from inbox · you’re in. Returning accounts skip the invite.
Before we begin
Please confirm how BeforeEmpty works.
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BeforeEmpty
The meaning layer for the people who matter to you
Before they fade away
Build a private meaning layer by person—not a daily diary.
Start someone’s story
No default people.
Pick a category, name them, then preserve what it meant.
Free includes up to 3 people—and a meaning layer for each of their stories.
More options
Add a person
Name them, then preserve a first moment for their story.
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Preserve a moment
Capture this moment—start anywhere. Story map is optional when you’re stuck. On this phone: Moments only. Export to continue Guided story on a computer.
Photos and videos stay on your device; meaning is what we keep.
Need help?
Who comes first—this moment is filed on someone’s story, not a daily diary.
Write at least one sentence about what happened and why it matters.
Stuck? Tap a prompt under the story box—optional starters you can finish in your words.
Photos are optional. Place and year can wait under Details. After you preserve, you can Find meaning or continue in Guided story.
Who is this moment about?
Which person
Right now only Dad and Mom are listed. Add other relatives in Settings → People.
No matching people yet. Add them in Settings → People first.
Pick which family member this moment belongs to.
Photos (optional)Add one or Then & Now
Photo or video
Choose a photo or video
Today’s photo or video
Same place or people, now
Photos and videos stay on your device. Choosing a file asks for library access—we don’t upload originals to our cloud. Skip them if you only want to write.
Details — place & year (optional)
Privacy.
Prefer relationships over full names; skip addresses, phone numbers, and IDs unless they belong in the story.
Memory Card
Edit the lines, then download or copy. Changing Tone only updates text you haven’t edited.
Optional · when you’re stuck
Guided story is a life-arc map—not another required write. Use it to fill gaps by theme.
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When & place
Optional · helps this episode show up clearly on the My Circle timeline.
Guided Steps
Upload Image / Video / Audio / PDF / DOCX
0 / 100+ words
Media Reference List
Click "Jump" to locate the media card. Click "Insert" to add a short media token (for example, `_[[media:A1B2C3D4]]_`). You can also click the token in the editor to jump directly.
Need a little help?
Writing prompt
Evidence tip
Follow-up
Guided story · write meaning first. Photos, audio, or files are optional evidence—keep them in your Vault when connected. After you save, you can Find meaning from what you’ve preserved.
No moments for this person yet
Switch Whose if you preserved moments for someone else, or preserve a moment for this person.
chat
Find meaning opens after your first moment
Preserve a moment for this person, or switch Whose in the sidebar.
Dad's Story · Find meaning
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for a new line ·
Story quality overview
Optional metrics. Keep collapsed unless you are tuning the story.
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Ask from what you’ve preserved — quick help
What can I ask?
Ask from moments you’ve already preserved—and natural follow-ups (what mattered, how care showed up, patterns across moments).
It is a meaning guide for what you saved—not a general chatbot, and not a chat with a person. News, homework, or unrelated chat get a gentle nudge back to your stories.
How answers look
Short natural replies grounded in what you’ve preserved—often with a few bullets naming the moments used, and a closing “From what you’ve preserved…” line.
Wording stays cautious—“Based on what you preserved…”—not invented beliefs or a clone of the person.
Whose story?
Choose whose story to ask about. Answers use moments preserved for that person.
Find meaning — available once you have preserved moments.
Deeper conversation — unlocks after the full Guided story (when available); reflection grounded in what you preserved, not a chat stand-in.
Find meaning helps you explore meaning—it does not speak as a real person.
Learning (in Settings)
Find meaning is always query-only—chat never writes new learning. Optional learning lives in Settings → Learning, per person:
Deeper conversation chat learning — short cues only (not full chat history), when that toggle is on.
Privacy-safe extraction — when you Preserve a moment, optional structured meaning can be extracted.
Preserve a moment & Guided story
New moments: My Circle → + Preserve a moment (choose who first). Optional deeper path: Guided story. Evidence files stay in your Vault on device when connected.
More detail (optional)
Topic
Find meaning
Deeper conversation
Best for
Evidence-first questions: stories, places, patterns from your meaning layer.
Deeper reflection grounded in what you preserved—not a persona clone.
When to try it
When you want to ask from what you’ve already preserved.
When you want ongoing conversation after a fuller Guided story.
Availability
As soon as you preserve moments for that person.
Usually after the full Guided story for that person.
Learning
Never from Find meaning chat. Extraction only when you preserve (if enabled in Settings).
Optional chat learning only if enabled in Settings → Learning.
Settings
Account, people, learning, vault, plan, and privacy—all in one place.
Account
Login email and sign-out
Email: -
People
Story tracks & interviews · people wall is the home view in My Circle
Confirm parent → add someone → sample for their story → sample episode
Pending removal
These people are hidden. Cloud progress stays for 14 days so you can undo. After that it is permanently cleared.
Edit person
Add someone
Starts a new story track for someone who matters—each person gets their own meaning layer.
Meaning & AI learning
Per person · optional · Find meaning never writes learning
Learning status for this person
Both off — no new learning from chat or extraction.
Each option is independent. Change the person above to set learning per story track.
Reply feedback
Optional: rate how well replies feel for this story (voice, warmth, values). Helps tune later answers—does not recreate a person.
Advanced · story readiness & diagnostics
Superuser tools. Normal learning toggles stay above.
Story readiness
Shows how complete, consistent, and stable this selected story is.
Current: Dad's Story · Find meaning
Status: -
Keep adding episode details to improve readiness.
Overall: -
Completeness: -
Consistency: -
Evidence: -
Stability: -
Conflicts: -
Stability: - · Conflicts: -
Optional tools for manual trait feedback and diagnostics.
Readiness Check: -Check details
Use short labels (kebab-case). Example: family-first, calm-de-escalation.
Key traits
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Vault & backup
One folder on this computer · shared by everyone in My Circle
Your Vault is a local folder for writing and photos. Meaning titles stay in the cloud when you’re online; this folder keeps a private copy you can open offline.
Phones can’t pick or change a Vault folder (browser limitation). Keep writing here in the browser library, then use Export story backup → share → Save to Files for a local copy.
Keeps episode writing, Preserve full text, and photos on this device
One Vault covers every person on this account
Changing the folder on this computer merges into the new one
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Advanced · sync & how Vault works
Usually automatic after saves and every few minutes. Use only if files look out of date on disk.
When online, moment titles and meaning load from our servers first; if the server is unreachable, Vault is used. After sync, large photos are cleared from the browser and reloaded from Vault when you open them.
Move writing & photos to another device
Exports Guided writing, Moments, and photos from this browser. On a phone, you’ll get the share sheet—use Save to Files for local storage, or send to a computer. People and meaning already sync with your account.
Import is available on a computer only. Export here, then Import on PC (same account) to merge—existing PC writing and photos are kept.
On a computer: Import merges into your Vault / library—existing photos and writing are kept; only missing pieces are added (same account only).
Plan & AI help
Plan limits · same Find meaning quality · monthly AI help
Plan: Free
This month's AI help: --
Free is for starting. The Pro plan adds more people, moments, and monthly AI help—same Find meaning quality while help remains.
FreeYour plan
Start Preserving
ProYour plan
Pro plan · fuller meaning layer
Stage
Begin your first important moments
Build & explore a fuller private collection
People
Up to 3 people in your Circle—and a meaning layer for each of their stories
Unlimited people in your Circle
Moments
About 5 per person to start — Preserve a moment & Guided story share this set
Up to 500 moments per person (room to keep growing)
Guided story
Counts toward your starting moments
Full Guided story (30 episodes)
Find meaning
Same reply quality while AI help remains · still works after you hit the moment limit
Same Find meaning quality · more moments to draw from as your Circle grows
This month's AI help
Shared pool for Find meaning + Preserve a moment + Guided story · smaller amount · renews monthly
Same shared pool · larger monthly amount · renews
When AI help pauses
Moments stay saved · keep browsing & writing within limits · Find meaning uses a lighter local answer until renew
Same pause behavior · your larger Circle stays yours
Privacy & export
Vault · media on your device
Same
Upgrading to the Pro plan unlocks more people, moments, and monthly AI help—not a different Find meaning model. On Free you can keep asking from what you’ve preserved. Pro / Founding redeem codes from BeforeEmpty can be redeemed below.
Each code can be used once. If a code is reserved for your email, sign in with that address.
Purchase online
Coming soon
Self-serve checkout and card payments are not open yet during Beta. To upgrade now, use a redeem code above, or
for a Founding / Pro grant.
Contact & feedback
Bugs · ideas · privacy · billing
One place for product feedback, bugs, privacy questions, billing, and anything else. We review messages during Beta and may reply using your account email.
Privacy & legal
Account records · delete · policies
Download a copy of what we store for your account on our servers (progress, settings, and learning). This does not include episode writing or photos on your device—those stay in Vault. Deleting your account needs an email access code and does not erase your Vault folder on disk.
Terms · Refund · Privacy
Please review the policy center, then confirm below. This notice appears once per account.
shield
Policies
Need episodes and photos on another computer? Use Vault → Export story backup. For bugs or questions, use Contact & feedback.
Developer testing
Superuser only. Reset clears cloud progress and local IndexedDB.
