docs(claude): update memory-hygiene rules for the split index#373
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The auto-memory index grew past the always-loaded budget (~112KB; only the
first ~24KB loads), so the Active shelf was silently dropped every session.
The index is now split: MEMORY.md (auto-loaded) carries only User + Feedback +
Durable; the work-ledger shelves moved to on-demand siblings MEMORY_ACTIVE.md
and MEMORY_REFERENCE.md.
These rules governed a single-file index ("move to ## Reference in the same
edit") and would now send future sessions to a section that no longer exists.
Update them to route by shelf: new in-flight pointers to MEMORY_ACTIVE.md,
SUPERSEDED / 30d-shipped demotions from MEMORY_ACTIVE.md to MEMORY_REFERENCE.md,
durable/user/feedback to MEMORY.md, and keep MEMORY.md under ~17KB so it never
truncates on load.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What
Updates the Memory hygiene section of
CLAUDE.mdto match the now-split auto-memory index.Why
The auto-memory index had grown to ~112 KB while only the first ~24 KB auto-loads each session, so the entire Active shelf (the most current work) was silently dropped from context. The index is now split:
User+Feedback+Durableshelves only, plus pointers.The existing rules assumed one file ("move its index entry to
## Referencein the same edit") and would route future sessions to a section that no longer exists. The updated rules:MEMORY.md; in-flight ->MEMORY_ACTIVE.md),MEMORY_ACTIVE.mdtoMEMORY_REFERENCE.md,MEMORY.mdunder ~17 KB so it never truncates on load.Docs-only; no code paths touched. (The memory files themselves live under
~/.claudeand are not part of the repo.)🤖 Generated with Claude Code