diff --git a/chat/app.py b/chat/app.py
index 0ac28ef..82e49ad 100644
--- a/chat/app.py
+++ b/chat/app.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import chat.state.memory  # noqa: F401
 import chat.state.world  # noqa: F401
 
 from chat.web.bots import router as bots_router
+from chat.web.settings import router as settings_router
 
 
 @asynccontextmanager
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ STATIC_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "static"
 app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=str(STATIC_DIR)), name="static")
 
 app.include_router(bots_router)
+app.include_router(settings_router)
 
 
 @app.get("/health")
diff --git a/chat/static/app.css b/chat/static/app.css
index 96a0296..9c261a8 100644
--- a/chat/static/app.css
+++ b/chat/static/app.css
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ h1 { margin-top: 0; }
     padding: 8px 12px; border: 1px solid #c33; background: #fdecea;
     color: #a00; border-radius: 3px;
 }
+.success {
+    padding: 8px 12px; border: 1px solid #2d7a3a; background: #eafaf0;
+    color: #1f5c2a; border-radius: 3px;
+}
 code { font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace; }
diff --git a/chat/templates/settings.html b/chat/templates/settings.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e26fcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/templates/settings.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block title %}Settings - chat{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Settings</h1>
+{% if saved %}
+    <p class="success">Settings saved.</p>
+{% endif %}
+<form method="post" action="/settings" class="bot-form">
+    <label>
+        <span>name</span>
+        <input type="text" name="name" required value="{{ values.name|default('', true) }}">
+        <small>required</small>
+    </label>
+
+    <label>
+        <span>pronouns</span>
+        <input type="text" name="pronouns" value="{{ values.pronouns|default('', true) }}">
+        <small>optional (e.g. they/them)</small>
+    </label>
+
+    <label>
+        <span>persona</span>
+        <textarea name="persona" rows="3">{{ values.persona|default('', true) }}</textarea>
+        <small>optional but recommended; a short description of you</small>
+    </label>
+
+    <button type="submit">Save settings</button>
+</form>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/chat/web/settings.py b/chat/web/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb04d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/web/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+from pathlib import Path
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Form, HTTPException, Request
+from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse
+from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
+
+from chat.eventlog.log import append_event
+from chat.eventlog.projector import project
+from chat.state.entities import get_you
+from chat.web.bots import get_conn
+
+TEMPLATES = Jinja2Templates(directory=str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "templates"))
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+
+@router.get("/settings", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+async def settings_get(request: Request, conn=Depends(get_conn)):
+    you = get_you(conn) or {"name": "", "pronouns": "", "persona": ""}
+    return TEMPLATES.TemplateResponse(
+        request, "settings.html", {"values": you, "saved": False}
+    )
+
+
+@router.post("/settings", response_class=HTMLResponse)
+async def settings_post(
+    request: Request,
+    name: str = Form(""),
+    pronouns: str = Form(""),
+    persona: str = Form(""),
+    conn=Depends(get_conn),
+):
+    if not name.strip():
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="name is required")
+
+    payload = {
+        "name": name.strip(),
+        "pronouns": pronouns.strip(),
+        "persona": persona.strip(),
+    }
+    append_event(conn, kind="you_authored", payload=payload)
+    project(conn)
+
+    return TEMPLATES.TemplateResponse(
+        request, "settings.html", {"values": payload, "saved": True}
+    )
diff --git a/tests/test_settings.py b/tests/test_settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18d2c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from chat.app import app
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def client(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    config_path = tmp_path / "config.toml"
+    config_path.write_text('featherless_api_key = "test"\n')
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_CONFIG_PATH", str(config_path))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CHAT_DB_PATH", str(tmp_path / "test.db"))
+    with TestClient(app) as c:
+        yield c
+
+
+def test_get_settings_renders_empty(client):
+    response = client.get("/settings")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text.lower()
+    assert "<form" in body
+    assert "name" in body
+    assert "pronouns" in body
+    assert "persona" in body
+
+
+def test_post_settings_appends_event_and_renders_saved(client, tmp_path):
+    response = client.post(
+        "/settings",
+        data={
+            "name": "Me",
+            "pronouns": "they/them",
+            "persona": "engineer",
+        },
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text.lower()
+    assert "saved" in body
+
+    from chat.db.connection import open_db
+    from chat.state.entities import get_you
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        you = get_you(conn)
+        assert you is not None
+        assert you["name"] == "Me"
+        assert you["pronouns"] == "they/them"
+        assert you["persona"] == "engineer"
+
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT kind, payload_json FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'you_authored'"
+        )
+        rows = cur.fetchall()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+
+
+def test_get_settings_pre_populates_existing(client):
+    post_response = client.post(
+        "/settings",
+        data={
+            "name": "Joseph",
+            "pronouns": "he/him",
+            "persona": "writes code",
+        },
+    )
+    assert post_response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = client.get("/settings")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    body = response.text
+    assert "Joseph" in body
+    assert "he/him" in body
+    assert "writes code" in body
+
+
+def test_post_settings_rejects_missing_name(client):
+    response = client.post(
+        "/settings",
+        data={"name": "", "pronouns": "they/them", "persona": "anything"},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+
+
+def test_post_settings_overwrites_existing(client, tmp_path):
+    first = client.post(
+        "/settings",
+        data={"name": "First", "pronouns": "she/her", "persona": "p1"},
+    )
+    assert first.status_code == 200
+
+    second = client.post(
+        "/settings",
+        data={"name": "Second", "pronouns": "they/them", "persona": "p2"},
+    )
+    assert second.status_code == 200
+
+    from chat.db.connection import open_db
+    from chat.state.entities import get_you
+
+    with open_db(tmp_path / "test.db") as conn:
+        you = get_you(conn)
+        assert you is not None
+        assert you["name"] == "Second"
+        assert you["pronouns"] == "they/them"
+        assert you["persona"] == "p2"
+
+        cur = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM event_log WHERE kind = 'you_authored'"
+        )
+        assert cur.fetchone()[0] == 2