> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.rytz.com.au/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Conversation history
> Every conversation you've had with the AI assistant is saved, searchable, and continuable. The full history at /conversations becomes a working memory for the matter.
import { CardGroup, Card, Note, Tip } from '@mintlify/components'
Every conversation with the AI assistant is saved automatically. The full history is at `app.rytz.com.au/conversations` — a searchable, browsable, continuable archive of every chat you've had. For active matters, this becomes one of the most-useful surfaces on the platform.
## Why the history matters
A family-law matter that runs 6–12 months produces dozens of conversations. Without a history surface, those conversations are lost — you remember having had them, but not the specifics.
With the history surface:
* A question you asked in March is searchable in November
* A draft the assistant produced in week 4 can be picked up in week 24
* A strategic discussion can be re-read months later to check whether your view has shifted
* A point you wanted to follow up on can be found in the transcript
The history is the assistant's long-term memory.
## What the history shows
Each entry includes:
* **Date and time** of the conversation
* **Title** — auto-generated from the conversation's topic, editable
* **First message** — the opening question or prompt
* **Length** — number of messages in the conversation
* **Tags** — auto-applied based on topic (parenting, property, FV, evidence, drafting, etc.) plus any tags you've added
* **Working brief** indicator — whether the conversation was inside a Working brief
* **Files** — any uploads attached to the conversation
* **Status** — active, archived, or pinned
## Three views
Most-recent conversations at the top. Default view. Useful for "what was I doing yesterday?".
Filter by topic. Useful for "show me all the parenting conversations" or "show me everything related to the changeover issue".
Full-text search across all messages in all conversations. Useful for "find the conversation where the assistant explained Stanford" or "find where I asked about property pool".
Conversations you've pinned for ongoing reference. Useful for the 3–5 most-important threads (e.g. interim affidavit drafting, settlement strategy).
## Resuming a conversation
Click any conversation to open it. Two modes:
### Read-only review
If you just want to re-read what was discussed, the conversation opens in scroll-through mode. Search within the conversation. Copy out specific quotes.
### Continue
Click **Continue conversation** to add new messages. The assistant has full context — it knows what was discussed, what was concluded, what was uncertain. Pick up where you left off.
For Working briefs specifically, continuing the brief reactivates the brief's task focus.
## Tagging and titling
The platform auto-tags conversations and auto-generates titles. You can override either:
* **Edit the title** — click the title at the top of any conversation
* **Add tags** — useful for personal organisation. Common tag patterns: `interim-affidavit`, `clause-2-rewrite`, `cross-exam-prep`, `property-position`
Consistent tagging across conversations + Evidence Portfolio + My Research makes cross-surface search work better. If you tag everything FV-related as `family-violence`, that tag finds the relevant material everywhere.
## Pinning important conversations
Pin the conversations you'll return to repeatedly. Typical pins for an active matter:
| Pin | Why |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Strategy synthesis | The conversation where you and the assistant reasoned through your matter's strategy. Re-read before any major decision. |
| Active drafting brief | The Working brief for whatever you're currently drafting (interim affidavit, response, etc.) |
| Lawyer-prep brief | Conversations preparing for a lawyer consultation |
| FAQ-style reference | A conversation that ended up containing your "FAQs about my matter" — the answers to questions you keep coming back to |
A conversation can be unpinned at any time.
## Archiving
Once a conversation is no longer active, archive it. Archived conversations stay searchable but are removed from the default Recent view.
Useful for keeping the Recent view focused on currently-active threads. A drafting brief that ended six months ago after the affidavit was filed can be archived without losing the searchable record.
## Export
Conversations can be exported:
* **PDF (full)** — every message, formatted for printing
* **PDF (summary)** — the assistant's summary of the conversation, more compact
* **Markdown** — raw text for personal archival
Useful for taking a conversation to a lawyer consultation, or for offline reference.
## Privacy
Same protections as the rest of the platform:
* Encrypted at rest and in transit
* Scoped to your account
* Not used to train models
* Deletable on demand
For sensitive conversations (FV-related, financial detail, mental-health discussions), the export PDF carries a sensitivity flag and the platform's portal-share is restricted.
## What the history will not do
* **It will not auto-summarise the matter.** The Master Case File does that. The conversation history is the raw record; the MCF is the synthesis.
* **It will not track tasks for you.** Conversation history is a record, not a task manager. For tasks, see the Master Case File's Next Actions section.
* **It will not be guaranteed lossless on export.** Markdown export captures all text but may lose some formatting (tables, code blocks) on certain conversation types.
## What's next
Step back to the framing.
Resume any prior brief from history.
The synthesis of which conversation history is the raw record.
How conversations are stored.