Personalization

Tell Return’s AI who you are and how it should respond - once, in Settings → AI → Personalization. Whatever you write there is applied to every chat, on both local and cloud models.

Typical instructions:

• “I’m a contract lawyer. Cite the exact clause you rely on.”
• “Always answer in my language, keep responses short.”
• “Assume I know contract law - skip the basics.”

How it works

Your instructions are added to the AI’s context as a separate block, right after the app’s own instructions. They ride along with every chat message - you never have to repeat who you are or how you like your answers.

Two rules to know:

• App rules win. If your instructions conflict with how Return’s features must work (for example, tool usage or edit formats), the app’s rules take precedence.
• Chat only. Returns and rewrite suggestions have precise output contracts, so personal instructions deliberately don’t apply there.

Tips

• Keep it short. Long instructions eat into the context window of small local models - Return warns you when you cross that line.
• Save an empty field to remove your instructions; the AI immediately goes back to its defaults.
• Changes apply from your next message - no restart needed.