# The ; Commands: ;ref, ;ask, ;me, ;pack


The ; commands are four shortcuts for any AI chat box that bring in your own knowledge. `;ref` adds part of a past chat, `;ask` asks your notebooks, `;me` adds a note about you, and `;pack` adds a project brief.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-library-p3-semicolon-menu.webp" alt="The ; menu shows your prompts, then ;ref, ;ask, ;me and ;pack" width="560" />

## Why use the ; commands?

Every AI starts each chat knowing nothing about you. These commands let you hand it the right background in a few keystrokes, from any AI to any other.

:::info On the free plan

`;ref`, `;pack`, `;me` and **Continue in another AI…** share 3 uses a week. When they are used, the menu shows a short line with a button, and says when they come back. Pro has no limit. See [the free plan and the trial](/docs/chat-library#on-the-free-plan-and-the-trial).

:::

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-wall-moves-menu.webp" alt="When the week's 3 moves are used, the ; menu shows a line that says so, with a button" width="560" />

## How do I bring in a past chat with ;ref?

1. Type `;ref` in a chat box.
1. A list of your saved chats appears, from any AI. The closest in meaning to what you have typed comes first.
1. Type words after `;ref` to search.
1. Pick one. The part that matters goes into the chat box, with a link back to the chat.

## How do I ask my notebooks with ;ask?

This needs Kortex Pro. See [pricing](https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/#pricing). On a free account, `;ask` shows one row that says so.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-ask-menu-basic.webp" alt="On a free account the ;ask row says asking your notebooks from any AI comes with Pro" width="560" />

1. Type `;ask`, a space, and your question.
1. Pick a notebook. The one that fits best is on top.
1. A box above the chat box shows which notebook is answering. Click **Stop** to cancel.
1. The answer arrives in the chat box, with its sources.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-ask-box-waiting.webp" alt="A box above the chat box says which notebook is answering, with a Stop button" width="560" />

## What does ;me do?

Type `;me` to add your Memory facts as a short about-me note. You read and edit it first. Private facts are left out.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-library-p5-pack-me.webp" alt="The about-me sheet, from your Memory, ready to edit before it goes in" width="560" />

If your Memory is empty, `;me` says so. To add a fact, select a sentence in a saved chat and choose **Remember**. See [Memory](/docs/library-memory).

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-me-menu-empty.webp" alt="With no facts in Memory yet, ;me tells you how to add one" width="560" />

## How do I add a project brief with ;pack?

1. Type `;pack`.
1. Pick one of your Library folders, or type its name.
1. Kortex builds one brief from its chats: what was decided, plus your pins and notes. You read and edit it before it goes in.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-pack-menu.webp" alt="Typing ;pack lists your Library folders so you can pick one" width="560" />

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-library-p5-pack-project.webp" alt="The project pack sheet, with decisions, pins and notes to edit" width="560" />

## How do I continue a chat in another AI?

This is the same idea for one whole chat. Say you started in one AI and want another to carry on.

1. Open the chat's **⋯** menu in the Library or on the [Kortex tab](/docs/kortex-tab).
1. Choose **Continue in another AI…**.
1. Pick the AI. Read and edit the pack of what was decided, what is still open, and your pins and note.
1. A new chat opens there with the pack in the chat box.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-library-p3-continue-in.webp" alt="The handoff pack, ready to edit, with a list of AIs to continue in" width="560" />

:::tip Good to know

- Nothing in a pack is written by an AI. It is made of your chats' own sentences.
- Every line links back to the message it came from.
- You always see a pack before it goes into a chat.

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Related: [Moving context between AIs](/docs/library-moving-context), [Prompt shortcuts](/docs/prompt-shortcuts).