{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "me-md-builder",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "me.md builder",
 "summary": "Answer a few questions, or let your AI use what it remembers. Get one private file that tells any AI who you are.",
 "headline": "me.md builder",
 "subhead": "Your AI asks before it uses what it remembers about you. Then it reads any CV or bio you attach and asks a few short questions. You get one me.md file, dated and checked, ready to save and use in any AI.",
 "job": {
  "id": "set-up-ai",
  "name": "Set up AI to work for you"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "medium",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-27",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "me_file",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Me file",
   "what": "your me.md: who you are, your work, projects, voice and preferences, with dates"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "A yes or no to using what your AI remembers about you",
  "A CV, LinkedIn export, bio or old me.md (optional)",
  "Short answers to the questions it asks, or \"skip\""
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "One me.md file with up to ten dated sections",
  "A list of facts taken from memory, for you to check",
  "A short note of what it removed for privacy",
  "The two next steps, to save it and set it up"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You keep explaining your job and projects at the start of every chat.",
  "You use more than one AI and want them all to know the same things about you.",
  "Your AI gives you answers that don't sound like you or don't fit your work."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want a file about a business, its products and its claims: use the Brand profile builder.",
  "You already have a me.md and want to bring it up to date: use the me.md refresher.",
  "You only need the short version for a settings box: use the me.md short-core writer."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "A yes or no to using what your AI remembers",
   "A CV, LinkedIn export, bio or old me.md (optional)",
   "Your answers to up to 12 short questions"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "me.md",
    "contains": "Core, Work, Projects, Voice, Preferences, Background, Life (only if you ask), Never, Where to look, and Sources and dates, each with an as-of date."
   },
   {
    "name": "TO CHECK",
    "contains": "Every fact taken from memory, so you can confirm or fix it."
   },
   {
    "name": "MISSING",
    "contains": "What it looked for and couldn't find."
   },
   {
    "name": "REMOVED",
    "contains": "What kind of private detail it took out, without repeating it."
   },
   {
    "name": "Next steps",
    "contains": "Save it in AI Blocks, then set it up in your AI."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "# me.md\nLast checked: <date>\n\n## Core (as of <date>)\n<name>, <what you do>, <who it's for>. Goals now: <3 goals>.\nAnswers: <length, tone, format>. Never: <top things to avoid>.\n## Work (as of <date>)\n## Projects (as of <date>, expires <date>)\n- <project>: <status>. Next: <step>.\n## Voice (as of <date>)\n<tone, sentence length, words you use and avoid>\n## Preferences, ## Background, ## Life (opt-in), ## Never\n## Where to look\n- <live source>: <what to check there>\n## Sources and dates\n\nTO CHECK: <facts from memory>\nMISSING: <gaps>\nREMOVED: <kinds of private detail>\nCHECKS MISSED: <one line each, or none>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Answer yes or no when it asks to use what it remembers.",
  "Attach a CV, bio or LinkedIn export if you have one.",
  "Answer its questions one at a time. Say \"skip\" or \"enough\" whenever you like.",
  "Check every fact marked from memory, then approve the file.",
  "Save it in AI Blocks under Your me.md, and set it up in your AI."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "Every fact is something you said, something in your documents, or a marked fact from memory.",
  "No password, ID number, bank detail, health detail or private fact about someone else is in the file.",
  "Voice describes how you write in a few lines, with no pasted samples.",
  "Every section has a date, and Projects has an expiry date.",
  "Core reads as a true picture of you in under a minute."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "me.md short-core writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-short-core-writer",
   "why": "Set up AI to work for you"
  },
  {
   "name": "me.md refresher",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-refresher",
   "why": "Set up AI to work for you"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "How Claude remembers your project",
   "by": "Anthropic, Claude Code docs",
   "url": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory",
   "used": "Keep the always-loaded file short, specific and grouped under headings, and load the detail only when needed"
  },
  {
   "title": "Effective context engineering for AI agents",
   "by": "Anthropic Applied AI team",
   "url": "https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/effective-context-engineering-for-ai-agents",
   "used": "Give each task only the smallest set of facts it needs, and point to live sources instead of copying them"
  },
  {
   "title": "Custom instructions for ChatGPT",
   "by": "OpenAI Help Center",
   "url": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8096356-custom-instructions-for-chatgpt",
   "used": "A short core that fits the custom instructions box"
  },
  {
   "title": "Memory FAQ",
   "by": "OpenAI Help Center",
   "url": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8590148-memory-faq",
   "used": "Asking before using what the AI remembers, and treating remembered facts as things to check"
  }
 ],
 "files": [],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-builder",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-builder.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-builder.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-builder/SKILL.md",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/me-md-builder",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/me-md-builder",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}
