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Companion repo for CC-013. Covers triggering memory, structuring MEMORY.md with index and topic files, and proving cross-session persistence shapes Claude behavior. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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Auto Memory: Claude Code Remembers What You Teach It
Claude Code can remember preferences, decisions, and context across sessions. This is not a plugin or an add-on. It is built in. Once you know how to trigger it, Claude gets progressively more useful with every session.
Companion repo for the article Auto Memory: Claude Code Remembers What You Teach It on From AI to Chitta.
What You Will Learn
By working through the exercises in this repo, you will be able to:
- Trigger auto memory by telling Claude what to remember, and verify the memory file was created
- Structure MEMORY.md with a lightweight index and separate topic files to stay under the 200-line limit
- Prove that memory persists across sessions and shapes Claude's behavior without you repeating yourself
These are not theoretical outcomes. Complete the exercises and you will have a working memory system in your own project.
Prerequisites
- Claude Code v2.1.59 or later installed (
claude --versionprints a version) - A Claude Pro, Team, or Enterprise subscription
- A project directory to practice on (this repo works fine)
No npm install, no Docker, no build step.
Exercises
| # | Exercise | What It Covers |
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| 01 | Trigger Memory | Make Claude remember something and verify it sticks |
| 02 | Structure Memory | MEMORY.md index and topic files, the 200-line limit |
| 03 | Cross-Session Persistence | Prove memory accumulates and shapes behavior |
Start at exercises/01-trigger-memory.md. Each exercise links to the next.
How to Use This Repo
"Show me what it does": Browse exercises/ and read through
the steps. Understand the pattern before you run anything.
"Let me actually do it": Open Claude Code in this directory and follow the exercises in order. Each one has an expected output section so you know when you have succeeded.
git clone https://git.fromaitochitta.com/fromaitochitta/claude-code-auto-memory.git
cd claude-code-auto-memory
claude
Then open exercises/01-trigger-memory.md and follow the steps.
A Note on Machine-Local Memory
Memory files are stored on your local machine under
~/.claude/projects/<project-hash>/memory/. They are not synced to
git, not shared with other machines, and not visible to anyone else.
If you clone this repo on a different machine, you start fresh.
This is by design.
Domain
Claude Code Memory and Instructions - This repo is part of the Claude Code Memory and Instructions series on From AI to Chitta. See the full series for related concepts.
About
Built by Kjell Tore Guttormsen as part of the From AI to Chitta project, exploring the intersection of AI tools and inner development.
MIT License.