How to Add Custom Categories Without Losing Default Categories or Overloading Labels?

[rachel-tanhao]

I’m using Mem0’s custom categories, but I’m having trouble keeping the default categories and adding new ones without all categories showing up on every memory. Here’s what I’ve noticed:

• If I only define custom categories, I lose the default ones.
• If I include both default and custom categories together, every memory ends up tagged with all categories, even if they’re irrelevant (see pic below).

Questions:

1. How can I add a few custom categories without having to redefine all the default categories?
2. How do I prevent Mem0 from tagging every memory with every category, showing only the relevant ones?

Any guidance would be appreciated! 🙏🙏🙏

My code:

 ```

def add_memory(phone_number: str, role: str, content: str):
    messages = [{"role": role, "content": content}]
    
    custom_categories = [
        # Default categories redefined here
        {"personal_details": "User's identity or personal info."},
        {"family": "Details about user's family."},
        {"professional_details": "User's professional life."},
        {"sports": "User's interest in sports."},
        {"travel": "User's travel-related info."},
        {"food": "Dietary preferences, cooking, favorite cuisines."},
        {"music": "User's musical tastes and experiences."},
        {"health": "User's health, wellness, medical info."},
        {"technology": "User's interests and experiences with tech."},
        {"hobbies": "User's leisure activities and hobbies."},
        {"fashion": "User's clothing/style preferences."},
        {"entertainment": "User's interests in TV, movies, etc."},
        {"milestones": "Key life events or personal milestones."},
        {"user_preferences": "General likes/dislikes not covered above."},
        {"misc": "Uncategorized or miscellaneous info."},
        
        # My custom category
        {"call_schedule": "Mentions of best call times, call preferences, etc."}
    ]

    try:
        mem0_client.add(
            messages=messages,
            user_id=phone_number,
            custom_categories=custom_categories,
        )
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error adding memory: {e}")



```