Read durable context with the Brain Read node

Bind a Persona, Brand, Business, Dataset, or custom Brain record and emit its latest markdown as reusable flow context.

Where: Flowgen → Add → Words & data → Brain Read

Key ideas

• A bound reader: Choose a record kind and record from project/org Brain; the node caches and emits the selected record markdown.
• Explicit refresh: Read record/refresh retrieves the latest saved content when another user or flow has updated the record.
• Typed presets: Persona, Brand, and Business read presets narrow the picker while using the same Brain Read contract underneath.
• Brain Read / Brand · Read / Business Details · Read / Persona · Read / Dataset · Read / Document · Read card: DataRecordNode uses the authored shared-card path. Bind and read one Brain record or selected fields into the graph.
• Properties sidebar: Card-owned record controls; common properties shell
• Opened surfaces: RecordNodePicker; Brain record editor

Steps

1. Add Brain Read or drag a record from Brain onto the canvas.
2. Choose the kind filter and bind the intended org/project record.
3. Click Read record/refresh and inspect the emitted markdown.
4. Connect the record output to a system prompt, content/research node, agent, or Transform; refresh before a critical run when the record may have changed.

Brain Read / Brand · Read / Business Details · Read / Persona · Read / Dataset · Read / Document · Read controls and presets

• Add path: Flowgen → Add → Inputs / Brand / Research presets → Read.
• Card: DataRecordNode.
• Properties: Card-owned record controls; common properties shell.
• Controls: Scope; record type; record picker; field selection; refresh; markdown/field output.
• Opened surfaces: RecordNodePicker; Brain record editor.
• Brain Read: No preferred type filter.
• Brand · Read: preferredTypeId brand.
• Business Details · Read: preferredTypeId profile.
• Persona · Read: preferredTypeId persona.
• Dataset · Read: preferredTypeId dataset.
• Document · Read: preferredTypeId generic.

Limitations and important notes

• Brain Read does not update the record. Use Brain Write only when the flow should deliberately archive and replace durable content.

Troubleshooting

The node emits an older record version

Use Read record/refresh and verify that the node is bound to the intended org/project record rather than a similarly named one.

Related guides

• Use your project Brain in Flowgen
• Update durable context with the Brain Write node
• Personas: create and use
• Use the Brain Read and Write presets