Dawn AI
How conversations work
Conversation threads, memory, sentiment analysis, and how to manage your conversation history.
Quick answer
A conversation with Dawn isn't a stateless chat box. It's a session inside a larger memory system, and how you use the system shapes how useful Dawn becomes over time.
Conversation threads
Each time you open Dawn, you start a new thread. The thread is self-contained for that session — Dawn sees the messages in this conversation as a continuous discussion.
When you close and re-open Dawn, you start a new thread. But Dawn isn't blank — companion memory carries forward.
Companion memory
Dawn maintains up to 50 key facts about you across sessions:
- Triggers — situations, emotions, contexts that lead to cravings.
- Coping strategies that work — what you've found helps in similar situations.
- Active goals — what you're working toward.
- Personal context — name, situation, relevant background you've shared.
- Preferences — how you like Dawn to interact (e.g. "be more direct", "don't suggest exercises unless I ask").
Memories are auto-ranked by importance. New high-relevance facts push out older low-relevance ones, so you don't have to manage the limit manually.
See Companion memory for managing specific memories.
Sentiment analysis
Each message you send is analyzed for emotional tone. The score contributes to:
- The mood line on your progress page — conversation sentiment is one signal among many.
- Dawn's response style — Dawn is more measured when you're agitated, more direct when you're flat.
- The weekly summary email — recurring negative sentiment patterns surface there.
The score is a tone classifier, not a content reader. Dawn doesn't "judge" what you're writing about; it adjusts how it responds to the emotional register.
Privacy
- All messages encrypted at rest with AES-256, per-user keys.
- Encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) on every API call.
- Never used to train AI models. This is enforced by our agreements with the AI providers and verified contractually.
- Fully exportable as part of your data export.
- Permanently deleted when you delete your account or specific conversations.
See Privacy & data for the full breakdown, including what we share with the AI provider and what we don't.
Rate limits
| Plan | Messages per day |
|---|---|
| Free | 15 |
| Plus | 50 |
| Premium | 150 |
| Pro | 500 |
Limit resets at midnight UTC.
If you hit the limit on free, the conversation pane shows the count and offers an upgrade link. Limits are per message, not per session — a 5-message conversation counts as 5.
Manage your conversation history
Open conversation history
Browse, search, or filter
Conversations are listed reverse-chronologically. Search by keyword. Filter by sentiment.
Open a conversation to read it
Read-only by default. Click Edit to rename the conversation title.
Delete individual conversations
Delete single conversations or use Select all → Delete for bulk cleanup. Deletion is immediate and permanent.
Common pitfalls
Long single-conversation threads losing coherence
Threads beyond 30–40 turns can drift as the model loses focus on the original topic. Start a new conversation when the topic changes or when responses start feeling off-topic. Companion memory carries the important bits forward.
Deleted conversations are not recoverable
No undo. If a conversation matters, export it before deleting. Companion memory keeps the synthesized facts but not the original message text.
Next steps
- Companion memory — see and edit what Dawn remembers.
- Privacy & data — full data handling explainer.
- Troubleshooting — fixes for stuck conversations.
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