Settings Overview

Atlas settings let you customize how the app looks, behaves, and connects to the cloud. Changes take effect when you click Save at the bottom of the settings panel.

Opening Settings

You can open settings in two ways:

• Click the gear icon in the upper right toolbar
• Press Ctrl+, (comma) from anywhere in the app

Settings Sections

Section	What It Controls
Account	Sign in, subscription status, usage tracking, and billing management
Vault & Files	Vault path, example vault download, and source display
AI & Voice	Context window, web search, wake word, voice auto-stop, and speech speed
Home Page	Quotes file and weather location
Google Integration	Google Calendar connection, sync settings, and contacts
Memory & Context	Max context per file injection and session auto-reset policy
Automation	Active hours, drumbeat toggle, and check interval
Advanced (Search & RAG)	Chunk size, embedding model, search weights
Note Previews	Preview before creating or editing files
Logs	Agent action and voice transcript viewer
Plugins	Manage installed plugins
Keyboard Shortcuts	Reference table of shortcuts
Graph	Physics and appearance controls in the Network tab

Tip

Most default settings work well for the majority of users. The sections most worth reviewing are AI & Voice (if you want to use speech features) and Automation (if you want drumbeat or scheduled session resets).

Free vs. Paid Settings

Settings for local features — search, note previews, plugins — are available on every tier including free. Settings for cloud-powered features (AI chat, voice, automation drumbeat) require an active subscription to be useful, though you can still configure them in advance.

For a full breakdown of what’s free and what requires a plan, see Free vs Paid Features.

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Memory & Context

These settings control how much information Atlas includes in its AI context and how conversation sessions are managed.

Max Context Per File

Default: 20,000 characters

Controls the maximum number of characters injected from each memory or identity file into the AI’s context window. This applies to files like persona.md, user.md, facts.md, and rules.md.

• Lower values (5,000 – 10,000): Saves context space for longer conversations, but the AI may miss details from your memory files
• Higher values (30,000 – 50,000): The AI sees more of your stored knowledge, but less room remains for conversation history

Most users should leave this at the default. Increase it if you have large memory files and want the AI to reference more of their content; decrease it if your conversations are running out of context space too quickly.

Session Auto-Reset

Controls when Atlas automatically starts a fresh conversation session.

• Manual (default): Sessions only reset when you explicitly clear chat history. Atlas will resume your last conversation if it’s less than 4 hours old.
• Daily: Automatically starts a fresh session at a specified time each day (configurable via the reset time setting). Good if you prefer a clean slate each morning.
• Idle: Automatically starts a fresh session after a period of inactivity (configurable timeout: 30 minutes to 8 hours). Good if you have many short, unrelated conversations throughout the day.

Daily Reset Time

Default: 4:00 AM | Visible when: Session Auto-Reset is set to “Daily”

The time of day when Atlas automatically starts a new session. The previous session is saved to your vault as a session transcript before resetting.

Idle Timeout

Default: 2 hours | Visible when: Session Auto-Reset is set to “Idle”

How long Atlas waits with no messages before starting a fresh session. Options range from 30 minutes to 8 hours.

Note

Regardless of the reset policy, your conversation history is always saved to your vault as session transcripts. Resetting a session doesn’t delete anything — it just starts a new context so the AI isn’t carrying forward a long, potentially unfocused conversation.