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A chat is kept only if you save it. Saved chats belong to the project folder you started Mochiii in.

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Save a chat

A chat can be saved once it has a question and an answer. Before that, /save says history: nothing to save yet -- a chat is saved once it has a question and an answer. Saving the same chat again after more work updates its saved copy. An update only adds to it.

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Find and continue a chat

<n> is the chat’s number in the list, or the name you saved it under. Case does not matter. To read or continue a chat, the start of its name is enough if it fits only one chat. To delete one, give the whole name. With no saved chats, /history says no saved chats in this project yet -- /save [name] keeps the current chat. In the list, ⚠ marks a chat whose last answer did not finish, or whose spec still has open criteria. If the chat on screen is not saved, /resume tells you so before it replaces it.

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Start a new chat

/clear and Ctrl+N start a new chat. If the chat on screen is not saved, Mochiii asks first: This chat is not saved. Save or clear?

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What is kept

Each saved chat is one file. It holds:
  • the chat’s name, if you gave one, and its first and last question
  • when it started and ended, and how many turns it has
  • the active spec, if there was one
  • whether the last answer was cut off
  • each turn: who wrote it (you or the model), the text, and when
The files are in ~/.local/state/mochiii/history/, in a folder for each project, one gzipped file per chat. See Settings and file locations. There are limits:
  • at most 50 saved chats for each project
  • at most 20 MiB for all saved chats together
  • at most 8 MiB of text in one saved chat
When a save goes over a limit, the oldest chats are removed, and Mochiii tells you. To remove every saved chat, delete the folder.