EXP 025 LIVE

Project memory with CLAUDE.md

RESEARCH MAY 2025 Claude Code

How much project context can a CLAUDE.md and MEMORY.md carry across sessions?

Maintained a small set of memory files and started fresh sessions to see what held.

Asked the assistant to continue work cold, with only the memory files for context.

Context that survives a restart

A little structured memory beats a long chat history. Write the facts down, link them.

Test memory decay: what is safe to forget?