Perspectives
Most family archives flatten the past into a single authorized version. Stories does the opposite. Conflicting accounts are linked and displayed side by side — because that's what a family memory actually is.
The summer of 1984 · Keane family road trip
"It was the perfect trip. We had that old station wagon packed to the roof. The kids didn't complain once, and we made it to the coast in record time."
"It rained for three days straight. The AC broke in Topeka. Dad kept saying we were 'making great time' while we were all melting in the back seat."
Traditional family history is written by one person — usually the one with time and patience for genealogy software. Everyone else's memories get lost, overridden, or never captured at all. Stories treats the family archive like what it actually is: a chorus, not a monologue.
Two people at the same dinner table will remember different details — the weather, what was said, who laughed. A family archive that picks one version is throwing away half the truth.
Your dad's optimism and your mom's realism aren't bugs to reconcile — they're the shape of a marriage. Seeing both sides of a story tells you who people actually were.
The quietest people in a family often hold the sharpest memories. Perspective linking makes their version impossible to bury under a louder relative's.
Behind the scenes
Whenever a new story lands, Claude compares it to every existing one — looking for shared people, places, dates, and narrative overlap.
If two stories look like the same event, they get a match score. Strong matches show up in the feed as "Linked perspective." Weak matches stay hidden.
AI proposes, humans decide. You approve the link, adjust the confidence, or reject it — and the system learns your family's context over time.
Perspective prompts
Dad records the road-trip story. Stories notices that Mom, Tom, and Mary were all there — and quietly emails each of them: "Dad just told his version of the 1984 road trip. What do you remember?"
No pressure. No social feed. Just a gentle nudge that turns one story into a conversation across generations.
Robert recorded "The Great Road Trip" — his memory of the summer of 1984 drive to the coast. You were there. Tap below to record your version.
You can reply in audio, text, or forward an email — whichever is easiest.