> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.harmonica.chat/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Organizational context > Give every session you create a shared organizational context so the facilitator sounds like you ## What is HARMONICA.md? HARMONICA.md is a short markdown document that describes your organization, team, or community to Harmonica. It is scoped to **you as a host** — once set, it is injected into the facilitation prompt of every new session you create, so the AI facilitator arrives already knowing your vocabulary, your decision-making norms, and the context that would otherwise take a paragraph of copy-paste each time. Think of it as a standing brief for the AI: "Here is who we are and how we work." HARMONICA.md is available on Pro, LTD, and Enterprise plans. Free accounts can still run sessions; they just start without this layer. ## Where it lives Go to **Settings → Context**. The editor on that tab is your HARMONICA.md. Changes you save there take effect on the next session you create — existing sessions are not retroactively affected. ## How it gets seeded When you complete the onboarding flow after signing up, Harmonica asks you two questions: your role type and your primary use cases. From those answers it generates a starter HARMONICA.md for you — a skeleton with the right headings filled in based on what you described. You are not locked into this draft; edit it freely. If you skipped onboarding or want to re-run it, the **Settings → Context** tab also has an onboarding re-entry form that updates the seed. ## What to put in it A good HARMONICA.md typically has three to five short sections: * **Who you are** — a sentence or two about the team, company, or community * **What you do** — the mission or focus area * **How you work** — decision-making style, communication norms, meeting culture * **Standing context** — things every session should know (ongoing initiatives, terminology, recent decisions) Keep it under a page. The facilitator reads the whole file on every turn, so a concise document is more effective than a comprehensive one. ## How it flows into sessions When you create a new session, Harmonica assembles the facilitation prompt from several layers. HARMONICA.md is the outermost layer — it wraps the session-specific goal and approach so the facilitator's voice stays consistent with your organizational context. The full prompt stack at creation time (outermost to innermost): 1. **HARMONICA.md** — organizational context (this file) 2. **Platform Guidelines** — base facilitation rules 3. **Facilitation Approach** — methodology-specific instructions for this session 4. **Summary Generation** — how to synthesize participant responses You can inspect and edit all four layers from the **Session Design** tab inside any session. See [Session Design](/guides/hosts/session-design) for details. ## Edit your HARMONICA.md Click your account icon in the top right and select **Settings**. Select the **Context** tab. Your current HARMONICA.md appears in the editor. Update the content. Click **Save** when done. The file has a 10,000-character limit — it is intentionally a concise reference document, not a knowledge base. You can use standard markdown in HARMONICA.md — headings, bullet lists, and bold text all render correctly when the facilitator processes them. ## Related guides Organize sessions into projects Inspect and edit all four prompt layers for a session How HARMONICA.md flows into new sessions Start from a pre-built methodology