Give Claude a Notebook That Survives Every Chat Reset
Every new Claude Code chat starts blank. The one file that fixes it, the setup in three steps, a starter CLAUDE.md to paste, and the catch about how much Claude actually obeys it
Each Claude Code session begins with a fresh context window, so it forgets your rules, your setup and what you finished yesterday. Anthropic's memory docs describe two things that carry knowledge into the next chat: a CLAUDE.md file you write, and auto memory, which are notes Claude writes itself.
Here is how to set both up in a few minutes, a starter file to paste, and the catch.
What each one is
| CLAUDE.md | Auto memory | |
|---|---|---|
| Who writes it | You | Claude |
| What it holds | Instructions and rules | Learnings and patterns |
| When it loads | Start of every session | Start of every session (first 200 lines or 25KB) |
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