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 "id": "me-md-refresher",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "me.md refresher",
 "summary": "Give it your me.md and recent chats or a chat export. Get dated edits to approve and a list of stale sections.",
 "headline": "me.md refresher",
 "subhead": "Paste your me.md and, if you like, attach a ChatGPT or Claude chat export. It flags old and expired sections, finds what changed in your recent chats, and proposes dated edits. You approve each one and get the updated file.",
 "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": "me_file",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Me file",
   "what": "your me.md: who you are, your work, projects, voice and preferences, with dates"
  },
  {
   "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": [
  "Your me.md",
  "A yes or no to using what your AI remembers",
  "A ChatGPT or Claude chat export (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "Each section with its date, marked ok, stale or expired",
  "A list of proposed edits, each with its source and date",
  "Any facts where two sources disagree",
  "The updated me.md, after you approve the edits"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "It's been a month since you last updated your me.md.",
  "A project finished, you took on a new client, or your role changed.",
  "Your AI keeps using an old fact about you."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You don't have a me.md yet: use the me.md builder.",
  "You only want the short version for your AI's settings box: use the me.md short-core writer."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your me.md",
   "A yes or no to using what your AI remembers",
   "A ChatGPT or Claude chat export (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "DATES",
    "contains": "Each section with its as-of and expiry dates, marked ok, stale or expired."
   },
   {
    "name": "PROPOSED EDITS",
    "contains": "What each section says now, what it should say, and where the change came from."
   },
   {
    "name": "CONFLICTS",
    "contains": "Facts where two sources disagree, shown side by side."
   },
   {
    "name": "Updated me.md",
    "contains": "The whole file with your approved edits and new dates."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "DATES\n<section> | as of <date> | expires <date> | ok, stale or expired\n\nPROPOSED EDITS\n<section> | now: <text> | new: <text> | source: <where>, <date>\n\nCONFLICTS\n<fact> | <source A> | <source B>\n\nUPDATED me.md (after your approval)\n<the whole file, with new dates>\n\nMISSING: <gaps>\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.",
  "Paste your me.md. Attach a chat export if you have one.",
  "Say yes or no when it asks to use what it remembers.",
  "Read the proposed edits and say which to apply.",
  "Paste the updated file into Your me.md in AI Blocks."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "Every proposed edit names a source and a date.",
  "Nothing in the file changed before you approved it.",
  "Expired and stale sections are listed, even with nothing new to add.",
  "One-off requests from a single chat did not become lasting facts."
 ],
 "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"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [
  {
   "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": "Keep saved context small and current, and check live facts at the source"
  },
  {
   "title": "How do I export my ChatGPT history and data?",
   "by": "OpenAI Help Center",
   "url": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7260999-how-do-i-export-my-chatgpt-history-and-data",
   "used": "Reading a chat export the person downloads themselves"
  },
  {
   "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"
  }
 ],
 "files": [],
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  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-refresher",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-refresher.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-refresher.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-refresher/SKILL.md",
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  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
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