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Your agent forgets the people you care about

October 5, 2026

You already use Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. They help you write, plan, and think. Then you ask, "When did I last talk to James?" and the answer is a guess, or nothing.

That is not a model problem. It is a memory problem. The chat in front of you is not a record of your people.

A transcript is not a person

Session memory dies when you close the tab, start a new chat, or switch tools. Claude does not see what you told Cursor. ChatGPT does not know the note you made last month. Each assistant keeps a slice of prose: "Sarah likes hiking." None of them can answer "who have I gone quiet on?"

Relational memory is different. It is a structured record of the people who matter: names, birthdays, what you last talked about, what you promised, what is coming up. Any agent can read it before it acts, and write back after.

That is what ppl is. A personal CRM for family, friends, and the people you would call at 2am. Not a sales pipeline. Not a seat you assign to a team.

What your agent can remember once it is connected

• A morning briefing: birthdays, quiet relationships, and a draft in your voice.
• One timeline per person, so "what did Dad and I talk about last spring" has an answer.
• Notes, journal entries, tasks, and reminders that survive the next session.
• The same memory if you move from Claude to ChatGPT to Cursor.

You do not build that record by typing a CRM all evening. You create an account, connect an agent, and it imports people, logs interactions, and brings you the briefing.

How to start

ppl runs at withppl.com. There is no downloadable server, and nothing to install on your machine.

1. Sign up free. Free during beta. Up to 1,000 contacts. No credit card.
2. Connect your AI. You approve once. Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor all speak the hosted MCP at https://withppl.com/mcp.
3. Leave the remembering to the agent. You live your life. It keeps the record.

Plans are short. The pricing page is the free beta now, Pro at $8/month later, and no self-hosted install. Questions about who owns the data live on the FAQ.

A morning that finds you

The useful version of this is not a dashboard you remember to open. It is a briefing that shows up: Maya's birthday is Friday. You have not talked to James in six weeks. A check-in for Priya is drafted in your voice, and nothing sends until you approve it.

Your agent can only do that if the memory lives somewhere the next session can find. That place is ppl.