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The Two Pillars of Memory in Claude Code
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The Two Pillars of Memory

Claude Code uses a dual-memory system to balance your explicit instructions with its own learned observations.

Feature CLAUDE.md (Static Memory) MEMORY.md (Auto Memory)
Who Writes It? You (Manual) Claude (Automated)
Content "Project rules, architecture, tech stack." "Patterns, ""gotchas,"" and user preferences."
Location Your Project Root (git-tracked). ~/.claude/projects/ (system-local).
Persistence Permanent and shared with your team. Local to your machine; session-dependent.
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