The AI knows you too well. That's the problem.
Recast
who you are.
Switch your identity - live
The problem
You can't escape
the identity it built for you.
Every AI assistant constructs a model of you. Your profession, your expertise, your context. And once it knows you, it filters everything through that lens forever. Ask a naive question and it assumes expertise. Ask for fresh ideas and it shapes them around who it thinks you are. The smarter the AI gets, the deeper the trap.
"The AI has decided I'm an entrepreneur. Now every single answer it gives me comes through that filter. Sometimes I just need to be nobody."
The insight
Everyone engineered the AI.
Nobody engineered the user.
The entire field focuses on the left side of the conversation. SelfRecast controls the right.
You don't change the AI. You change who the AI thinks it's talking to.
How it works
Pick an identity. Start fresh.
Every conversation begins with a declared Igo identity. The AI knows exactly who it's talking to in this session and nothing more.
Choose your Igo identity
Pick from bundled identities or load a custom Identity Pack. Each has its own cognitive lens, its own declared context, and its own isolated chat history.
Identity compiled, context stripped
SelfRecast compiles your declared identity into a system prompt: who you are, what the AI does not know, and what cognitive mode you're operating in. Prior context: gone.
A genuinely fresh answer
The AI responds to your declared identity, not its model of you. Switch identities anytime. Your chat history stays on your device, isolated per Igo identity.
Built-in Igo identities
Five cognitive lenses - plus one.
Not different AIs. Different versions of you in the conversation, each with a different altitude to think from.
NoBS
Answer shorter. No preamble, no hedging, no padding. Just the answer - nothing else.
Caveman
Think simpler. Strip every idea to its most primitive form. If it needs jargon, it is not understood yet.
ZeroExpert
Start from zero. Complete context wipe. No profession, no background, no prior assumptions.
FifthGrader
Explain child-simple. Smart enough to follow logic, young enough to demand a real answer.
MarketPro
Assume domain competence. Skip the basics. Go straight to the sophisticated commercial take.
asking4friend
You can guess what this one does. No judgment. No disclaimers. Answering like a trusted friend.
The Identity Pack format
Purpose-built Igo identities.
Different versions of you for different kinds of thinking.
Each Igo identity is developed to mimic a specific user mode: blunt decision-maker, total beginner, simple explainer, market-minded operator, or no-context blank slate. Instead of asking the same AI in the same default voice, you choose the version of yourself that fits the question.
Use NoBSIgo when you want direct answers. Use ZeroExpertIgo when you want no assumptions. Use FifthGraderIgo when you want something explained simply. Use MarketProIgo when you want a sharper commercial lens.
Try SelfRecast---
id: zero-expert
name: Zero Expert
avatar: ZE
tags: [blank-slate, anonymous]
---
## Who I Am In This Session
Nobody. A blank slate. No professional
identity, no prior context of any kind.
## What You Don't Know About Me
Everything. Ignore all memory and all
prior conversations about this user.
## Cognitive Mode
No filters. No assumed expertise.
Engage with exactly what is said.
## Conversation Style
Neutral. No personalization.
No reference to prior interactions.
## Output Rules
Plain language. No industry examples.
Never say "as you probably know."The category
Self Recasting is a new discipline.
Not prompt engineering.
Prompt engineering asks how to talk to the AI better.
Self Recasting asks who the AI thinks it's talking to.
Survives model improvements
Smarter AI makes the boxing-in problem worse. The richer the model's memory, the harder to escape. User Identity Engineering becomes more valuable as AI improves, not less.
Controls the right side
Years of tooling optimized the AI's persona. Nobody controlled what the AI assumes about the person asking. SelfRecast is the first product built explicitly around that gap.
Open by design
The Identity Pack format is an open spec. Any app, any model, any platform can implement it. The .md file is the portable unit of cognitive identity: version-controlled, shareable, yours.
Try SelfRecast
Stop being boxed in.
SelfRecast is in development. Try the beta and start with a built-in Igo identity.
Free during beta - No credit card - Chat history stays on your device