I think the web chat history is separate from API use, so you can't combine them. OpenAI claims not to retain a history of your API queries and responses.
For organizing LLM chat logs in Emacs, there are many solutions. Here are a few:
As a basic solution, chats are just text buffers/files, so you can simply store your conversations in files in a single directory. You can then see them in dired etc -- and they are ripgrep-able, can be integrated into Org-roam or your choice of knowledge management system.
If you use Org mode, you can have branching conversations in gptel where each path through the document's outline tree is a separate conversation branch. This way you can explore tangential topics while retaining the lineage of the conversation that led to them, while excluding the other branches. This keeps the context window from blowing up and your API inference costs (if any) down.
If you use Org mode, you can limit the scope of the conversation to the current heading by assigning a topic (gptel-set-topic). This way you can have multiple independent conversations in one file/buffer instead of one per buffer. (This works in tandem with the previous solution.)
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Tools tend to compose very well in Emacs. So there are probably many other solutions folks have come up with to organize their LLM chat history. For instance, any feature to handle collections of files or give you an outline/ToC view of your Markdown/Org documents should work well with the above -- and there are dozens of extensions like these.
> If you use Org mode, you can have branching conversations in gptel where each path through the document's outline tree is a separate conversation branch. This way you can explore tangential topics while retaining the lineage of the conversation that led to them, while excluding the other branches. This keeps the context window from blowing up and your API inference costs (if any) down.
Can you give an example of how this looks? I see it's mentioned in https://github.com/karthink/gptel/?tab=readme-ov-file#extra-... but I feel like I need an example. It sounds quite interesting and useful, I've often done this "manually" by saving to a new buffer when I go on a tangent.
EDIT: Nevermind, C-h v gptel-org-branching-context gives:
Use the lineage of the current heading as the context for gptel in Org buffers.
This makes each same level heading a separate conversation
branch.
By default, gptel uses a linear context: all the text up to the
cursor is sent to the LLM. Enabling this option makes the
context the hierarchical lineage of the current Org heading. In
this example:
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Top level text
* Heading 1
heading 1 text
* Heading 2
heading 2 text
** Heading 2.1
heading 2.1 text
** Heading 2.2
heading 2.2 text
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With the cursor at the end of the buffer, the text sent to the
LLM will be limited to
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Top level text
* Heading 2
heading 2 text
** Heading 2.2
heading 2.2 text
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This makes it feasible to have multiple conversation branches.
For organizing LLM chat logs in Emacs, there are many solutions. Here are a few:
As a basic solution, chats are just text buffers/files, so you can simply store your conversations in files in a single directory. You can then see them in dired etc -- and they are ripgrep-able, can be integrated into Org-roam or your choice of knowledge management system.
If you use Org mode, you can have branching conversations in gptel where each path through the document's outline tree is a separate conversation branch. This way you can explore tangential topics while retaining the lineage of the conversation that led to them, while excluding the other branches. This keeps the context window from blowing up and your API inference costs (if any) down.
If you use Org mode, you can limit the scope of the conversation to the current heading by assigning a topic (gptel-set-topic). This way you can have multiple independent conversations in one file/buffer instead of one per buffer. (This works in tandem with the previous solution.)
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Tools tend to compose very well in Emacs. So there are probably many other solutions folks have come up with to organize their LLM chat history. For instance, any feature to handle collections of files or give you an outline/ToC view of your Markdown/Org documents should work well with the above -- and there are dozens of extensions like these.