diff --git a/database/lowdb.ts b/database/lowdb.ts
index 4e2e228..97ce713 100644
--- a/database/lowdb.ts
+++ b/database/lowdb.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ export type Conversation = {
   userId: string;
 };
 
+export type Fact = {
+  id: string;
+  userId: string;
+  sourceMessageId: string;
+  content: string;
+  createdAt: string;
+};
+
 type DB = {
   conversations: Array<Conversation>;
   messages: Array<{
@@ -18,11 +26,13 @@ type DB = {
     createdAt: string;
     runningSummary?: string;
   }>;
+  facts: Array<Fact>;
 };
 
 export const db = new Low<DB>(new JSONFile("db.json"), {
   conversations: [],
   messages: [],
+  facts: [],
 });
 /** Initialize the database. Sets `db.data` to the default state if the file doesn't exist. */
 await db.read();
diff --git a/layouts/LayoutDefault.tsx b/layouts/LayoutDefault.tsx
index c148e0a..16f2309 100644
--- a/layouts/LayoutDefault.tsx
+++ b/layouts/LayoutDefault.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { trpc } from "../trpc/client.js";
 import { usePageContext } from "vike-react/usePageContext";
 import "./hover.css";
-import type { ConversationsId } from "../database/generated/public/Conversations.js";
 
 export default function LayoutDefault({
   children,
@@ -54,9 +53,13 @@ export default function LayoutDefault({
   //   }
   // }, [isConversationListExpanded]);
 
-  function handleDeleteConversation(conversationId: string) {
+  async function handleDeleteConversation(conversationId: string) {
     removeConversation(conversationId);
-    trpc.chat.deleteConversation.mutate({ id: conversationId });
+    await trpc.chat.deleteConversation.mutate({ id: conversationId });
+    const res = await trpc.chat.createConversation.mutate();
+    if (!res?.id) return;
+    addConversation(res);
+    await navigate(`/chat/${res.id}`);
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/pages/chat/@id/+Page.tsx b/pages/chat/@id/+Page.tsx
index 29b9d26..624ebed 100644
--- a/pages/chat/@id/+Page.tsx
+++ b/pages/chat/@id/+Page.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   Box,
   Group,
   JsonInput,
+  List,
   Stack,
   Tabs,
   Textarea,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ export default function ChatPage() {
   const message = useStore((state) => state.message);
   const systemPrompt = useStore((state) => state.systemPrompt);
   const parameters = useStore((state) => state.parameters);
+  const facts = useStore((state) => state.facts);
   const loading = useStore((state) => state.loading);
   const setConversationId = useStore((state) => state.setConversationId);
   const setConversationTitle = useStore((state) => state.setConversationTitle);
@@ -37,9 +39,14 @@ export default function ChatPage() {
   const setMessage = useStore((state) => state.setMessage);
   const setSystemPrompt = useStore((state) => state.setSystemPrompt);
   const setParameters = useStore((state) => state.setParameters);
+  const setFacts = useStore((state) => state.setFacts);
   const setLoading = useStore((state) => state.setLoading);
 
-  const { conversation, messages: initialMessages } = useData<Data>();
+  const {
+    conversation,
+    messages: initialMessages,
+    facts: initialFacts,
+  } = useData<Data>();
 
   useEffect(() => {
     setConversationId(conversationId);
@@ -61,6 +68,10 @@ export default function ChatPage() {
     setMessages(initialMessages);
   }, [initialMessages, setMessages]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setFacts(initialFacts);
+  }, [initialFacts, setFacts]);
+
   return (
     <>
       <div>
@@ -84,6 +95,7 @@ export default function ChatPage() {
           <Tabs.Tab value="message">Message</Tabs.Tab>
           <Tabs.Tab value="system-prompt">System Prompt</Tabs.Tab>
           <Tabs.Tab value="parameters">Parameters</Tabs.Tab>
+          <Tabs.Tab value="facts">Facts</Tabs.Tab>
         </Tabs.List>
         <Tabs.Panel value="message">
           <Messages messages={messages} />
@@ -131,6 +143,7 @@ export default function ChatPage() {
                 ];
                 setMessages(messagesWithAssistantMessage);
                 setMessage("");
+                setFacts(response.insertedFacts);
                 setLoading(false);
               }
             }}
@@ -153,6 +166,13 @@ export default function ChatPage() {
             onChange={(value) => setParameters(JSON.parse(value))}
           />
         </Tabs.Panel>
+        <Tabs.Panel value="facts">
+          <List>
+            {facts.map((fact) => (
+              <List.Item key={fact.id}>{fact.content}</List.Item>
+            ))}
+          </List>
+        </Tabs.Panel>
       </Tabs>
     </>
   );
@@ -164,7 +184,6 @@ function Messages({
   messages: Array<DraftMessage | CommittedMessage>;
 }) {
   const theme = useMantineTheme();
-  console.log("messages", messages);
   return (
     <Stack gap="md" justify="flex-start">
       {messages.map((message, index) => (
@@ -188,7 +207,7 @@ function Messages({
             </div>
             <Markdown>{message.content}</Markdown>
           </Box>
-          {"runningSummary" in message && (
+          {"runningSummary" in message && message.runningSummary && (
             <Box w="75%" bd="dotted" p="md" bdrs="md">
               <div>
                 <strong>Running Summary:</strong>
diff --git a/pages/chat/@id/+data.ts b/pages/chat/@id/+data.ts
index c9f7c67..a88b058 100644
--- a/pages/chat/@id/+data.ts
+++ b/pages/chat/@id/+data.ts
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ export const data = async (pageContext: PageContextServer) => {
   const messages = await caller.fetchMessages({
     conversationId: id,
   });
-  return { conversation, messages };
+  return { conversation, messages, facts: [] };
 };
diff --git a/pages/chat/trpc.ts b/pages/chat/trpc.ts
index 9702428..aafb182 100644
--- a/pages/chat/trpc.ts
+++ b/pages/chat/trpc.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {
   createCallerFactory,
 } from "../../trpc/server";
 import { createOpenRouter } from "@openrouter/ai-sdk-provider";
-import { generateText } from "ai";
+import { generateObject, generateText, jsonSchema } from "ai";
 import type { Message as UIMessage } from "ai";
 import type {
   OtherParameters,
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { env } from "../../server/env.js";
 //   ConsistencyLevelEnum,
 //   type NumberArrayId,
 // } from "@zilliz/milvus2-sdk-node";
-import { db } from "../../database/lowdb";
+import { db, type Fact } from "../../database/lowdb";
 import { nanoid } from "nanoid";
 
 const mainSystemPrompt = ({
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ This is a summary of the conversation so far, from your point-of-view (so "I" an
 ${previousRunningSummary}
 </running_summary>
 `;
+const factsFromUserMessageSystemPrompt = ({
+  previousRunningSummary,
+}: {
+  previousRunningSummary: string;
+}) => `Given the following summary of a conversation, coupled with the messages exchanged since that summary was produced, extract new facts that can be gleaned from the conversation.
+<running_summary>
+  ${previousRunningSummary}
+</running_summary>
+`;
 const runningSummarySystemPrompt = ({
   previousRunningSummary,
 }: {
@@ -69,10 +78,19 @@ export const chat = router({
   deleteConversation: publicProcedure
     .input((x) => x as { id: string })
     .mutation(async ({ input: { id } }) => {
-      await db.data.conversations.splice(
+      db.data.conversations.splice(
         db.data.conversations.findIndex((c) => c.id === id),
         1,
       );
+      const deletedMessageIds = db.data.messages
+        .filter((m) => m.conversationId === id)
+        .map((m) => m.id);
+      db.data.messages = db.data.messages.filter(
+        (m) => m.conversationId !== id,
+      );
+      db.data.facts = db.data.facts.filter(
+        (fact) => !deletedMessageIds.includes(fact.sourceMessageId),
+      );
       db.write();
       return { ok: true };
     }),
@@ -136,7 +154,7 @@ export const chat = router({
           index: messages.length - 1,
           createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
         };
-        await db.data.messages.push(insertedUserMessage);
+        db.data.messages.push(insertedUserMessage);
         // do not db.write() until the end
 
         /** Generate a new message from the model, but hold-off on adding it to
@@ -172,6 +190,43 @@ export const chat = router({
          * injection, because we're sending the user's message unadulterated to
          * the model; there's no reason to inject the same Facts that the model is
          * already using to generate its response.) */
+        const factsFromUserMessageResponse = await generateObject<{
+          facts: Array<string>;
+        }>({
+          model: openrouter("mistralai/mistral-nemo"),
+          messages: [
+            {
+              role: "system" as const,
+              content: factsFromUserMessageSystemPrompt({
+                previousRunningSummary,
+              }),
+            },
+            ...messages.slice(previousRunningSummaryIndex + 1),
+          ],
+          schema: jsonSchema({
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+              facts: {
+                type: "array",
+                items: {
+                  type: "string",
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          }),
+          maxSteps: 3,
+          tools: undefined,
+          ...parameters,
+        });
+        const insertedFacts: Array<Fact> =
+          factsFromUserMessageResponse.object.facts.map((fact) => ({
+            id: nanoid(),
+            userId: "1",
+            sourceMessageId: insertedUserMessage.id,
+            content: fact,
+            createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+          }));
+        db.data.facts.push(...insertedFacts);
         /** Extract Facts from the model's response, and add them to the database,
          * linking the Facts with the messages they came from. */
         /** For each Fact produced in the two fact-extraction steps, generate
@@ -246,12 +301,15 @@ export const chat = router({
           index: messages.length,
           createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
         };
-        await db.data.messages.push(insertedAssistantMessage);
+        db.data.messages.push(insertedAssistantMessage);
+
         await db.write();
-        /** TODO: notify the caller, somehow, that some messages were saved to
-         * the database and/or were outfitted with runningSummaries, so the
-         * caller can update its UI state. */
-        return { insertedAssistantMessage, insertedUserMessage };
+
+        return {
+          insertedAssistantMessage,
+          insertedUserMessage,
+          insertedFacts,
+        };
       },
     ),
 });
diff --git a/state.ts b/state.ts
index 4cfacec..f27d872 100644
--- a/state.ts
+++ b/state.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { create } from "zustand";
 import type { OtherParameters, Store } from "./types.js";
-import type { ConversationsId } from "./database/generated/public/Conversations.js";
 import { immer } from "zustand/middleware/immer";
 
 export const defaultSystemPrompt = `You are a helpful assistant that answers questions based on the provided context. If you don't know the answer, just say that you don't know, don't try to make up an answer.`;
@@ -17,6 +16,7 @@ export const useStore = create<Store>()(
     message: "",
     systemPrompt: defaultSystemPrompt,
     parameters: defaultParameters,
+    facts: [],
     loading: false,
     setConversationId: (conversationId) =>
       set((stateDraft) => {
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ export const useStore = create<Store>()(
       set((stateDraft) => {
         stateDraft.parameters = parameters;
       }),
+    setFacts: (facts) =>
+      set((stateDraft) => {
+        stateDraft.facts = facts;
+      }),
     setLoading: (loading) =>
       set((stateDraft) => {
         stateDraft.loading = loading;
diff --git a/types.ts b/types.ts
index 3ce375e..af8ba38 100644
--- a/types.ts
+++ b/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Message as UIMessage } from "ai";
 import type { generateText } from "ai";
-import type { Conversation } from "./database/lowdb.js";
+import type { Conversation, Fact } from "./database/lowdb.js";
 
 export type OtherParameters = Omit<
   Parameters<typeof generateText>[0],
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type Store = {
   message: string;
   systemPrompt: string;
   parameters: OtherParameters;
+  facts: Array<Fact>;
   loading: boolean;
   setConversationId: (conversationId: string) => void;
   setConversationTitle: (conversationTitle: string) => void;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export type Store = {
   setMessage: (message: string) => void;
   setSystemPrompt: (systemPrompt: string) => void;
   setParameters: (parameters: OtherParameters) => void;
+  setFacts: (facts: Array<Fact>) => void;
   setLoading: (loading: boolean) => void;
 };