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Bank Settings

Bank Settings in architxt are a single master configuration that controls how content is retained, observed, and reflected inside Hindsight memory banks. Think of them as a template: edit them once in architxt, then push them to one or more Hindsight banks when you are ready to sync.

This page describes the settings you see in the Bank Settings UI and where each setting maps in the Hindsight API.

The Bank Settings page​

Open Bank Settings from the main navigation. The page shows one editable master configuration with three sections: Missions, Extraction, and Disposition.

Click Edit to change values, Reset to defaults to restore the built-in architxt defaults, or Save to store the master copy. Saving does not automatically push the settings to Hindsight — push happens from the Hindsight sync page.

Missions​

Missions are natural-language instructions that steer the model at different stages of the Hindsight pipeline.

UI labelWhat it doesHindsight reference
Retain MissionTells the model what facts to extract and how to structure them during retention.Steering extraction with a mission
Observations MissionGuides how raw facts are consolidated into higher-level observations.Observations mission, observations_mission
Reflect MissionDefines the persona and purpose used when answering Reflect queries.Mission natural language identity

Extraction​

Extraction settings control how Hindsight breaks up and processes source material.

UI labelWhat it doesHindsight reference
Retain Extraction ModeChooses the extraction strategy: concise, verbose, custom, verbatim, or chunks.retain_extraction_mode
Retain Chunk SizeMaximum chunk size, in tokens, used when splitting documents for retention.retain_chunk_size
Entities Allow Free FormWhen enabled, the model can create free-form entity labels instead of only using pre-defined architxt entities.Part of the retain configuration sent to Hindsight

Disposition​

Disposition sliders shape the tone of the Reflect persona. Each trait ranges from 1 to 5.

UI labelWhat it doesHindsight reference
EmpathyHow much the model mirrors the user's framing.Disposition traits
LiteralismHow strictly the model sticks to the source text.Disposition traits
SkepticismHow willing the model is to challenge or qualify claims.Disposition traits

Applying bank settings to a Hindsight bank​

Bank Settings are not tied to a single bank until you sync them. From the Hindsight page:

  1. Select a Hindsight server and bank.
  2. Switch the object selector to Bank Settings.
  3. Run Diff to compare architxt's master settings with the bank's current settings.
  4. Click Push to overwrite the bank with the architxt master, or Pull to bring the bank's settings back into architxt.

The diff view shows per-field divergence badges for retain mission, observations mission, reflect mission, extraction mode, chunk size, free-form entities, and disposition.

Where bank settings are used​

Once pushed to a Hindsight memory bank, the settings become the bank's retain configuration. They influence every subsequent retain, observation, and Reflect operation against that bank.

How bank settings fit into architxt​

   architxt Bank Settings  (master)
            │
            ├──────── Push ────────►  Hindsight Memory Bank
            │                            │
            ▼                            ▼
       Documents / Mental Models  ►  Retain / Observe / Reflect

Bank Settings sit above individual documents and mental models. They define the global behavior applied when architxt pushes content to a Hindsight bank, and they can be pulled back from a bank to update the master configuration.

Summary​

Bank Settings are architxt's master Hindsight configuration. Edit missions, extraction mode, chunk size, and disposition locally, then push that configuration to any connected Hindsight memory bank to keep retention and reflection behavior consistent.