Related Notes — Memol Remembers For You
Open any note in Memol and AI surfaces semantically similar past notes alongside the editor. No tags or folder work required. Here's how to use it and how to turn it off.
Memol is built on one idea: now, you can finally forget. Write something down, free your head, and let AI remember on your behalf. The feature that most clearly embodies this is Related Notes.
The moment you open a note, a small "💡 Related notes" panel appears below the editor. Tap to expand it and you'll see other notes in your workspace that are semantically close to the one you're reading.
When this helps
- Open a meeting note → past related minutes appear
- Open a client card → that client's entire history surfaces
- Start a new idea → notes where you'd had similar thoughts before show up
That "wait, I've thought about this before… where did I write that?" feeling — gone.
How to use it
Automatic
Just open a note. Related notes are fetched automatically.
The panel starts collapsed with just a count badge in the header (e.g. "Related notes (3)"). Ignore it when you're focused; tap to expand when you're curious.
Manual keyword search
Type any phrase into the search box inside the panel to search the whole workspace by meaning, not exact words.
Examples:
- "hiring strategy" → pulls up hiring-related notes regardless of exact wording
- "that idea I had at the cafe" → surfaces idea notes
Refresh
If you just edited a note, the embedding might not be updated yet. Use the 🔄 Refresh button in the header to re-search with the latest content.
How it works
- When you save a note, Memol creates a semantic vector of its content and stores it
- When you open a different note, Memol finds the 5 notes whose vectors are closest in meaning
- We don't look at titles, tags, or folder structure — only the meaning of the content itself
So even if your folder structure is messy and you forgot to tag everything, related notes still surface.
Turning it off
If you want to focus and the panel distracts you:
- Click the gear icon (bottom left) → Settings
- Open the Profile tab
- Under "AI assist", toggle off "Show related notes when I open a note"
When off, the panel disappears entirely and no API calls are made.
Notes
- Permissions are respected: notes in folders you can't view never appear
- Archived notes excluded: trashed / archived notes don't show up
- Brand-new notes: the very first time you open a never-saved note, related notes may be empty. Save once and they'll appear next time.
FAQ
Q. The panel says "No related notes yet" — why?
A few possibilities:
- The note was saved less than ~6 seconds ago (embeddings update with a short debounce) → try 🔄 Refresh
- Your workspace has very few notes overall → it gets better as you accumulate notes
- The note is extremely short (under 20 chars) → add a bit more content and save again
Q. If I turn this off, does that mean my notes aren't sent to AI?
Turning the panel off fully halts related-notes processing for your account. Note embeddings are still generated on save (other features may use them), but your notes are never used to train any AI model (per Anthropic / OpenAI's data-handling policy).
Q. Does this cost extra?
It's included in the free plan. Memol absorbs the cost (a few cents per user per month at most).
Next steps
- Search across all your notes in natural language → AI Search guide
- Share team knowledge effectively → Team collaboration