# Claude Memories

> A source-grounded field guide to Claude memory, CLAUDE.md, auto memory, project summaries, and persistent context hygiene.

Canonical site: https://claudememories.com
Last source check: 2026-07-06

This is an independent educational publication and is not affiliated with Anthropic.

## Core Pages
- [What Is Claude Memory?](https://claudememories.com/what-is-claude-memory): A plain-language map of Claude app memory, Claude Code memory, project memory, and developer-platform memory.
- [Claude App Memory: Settings, Summaries, and Controls](https://claudememories.com/claude-ai-memory): How Claude app memory works across web, desktop, and mobile, including memory summaries, incognito chats, data exports, and reset controls.
- [Claude Project Memory: Boundaries, Instructions, and RAG](https://claudememories.com/project-memory): How Claude project memory summaries differ from profile instructions, project instructions, and project knowledge retrieval.
- [Claude Code Memory: The Working Map](https://claudememories.com/claude-code-memory): The practical map of Claude Code memory: CLAUDE.md, CLAUDE.local.md, .claude/rules, auto memory, and /memory.
- [CLAUDE.md Guide: What to Put In It and Where](https://claudememories.com/claude-md): A practical, source-grounded guide to writing CLAUDE.md files for project instructions, local preferences, imports, and AGENTS.md bridges.
- [Claude Code Auto Memory: Storage, Limits, and Audits](https://claudememories.com/auto-memory): How Claude Code auto memory works, where MEMORY.md lives, what loads at session start, and how to audit or clean it.
- [Claude Memory Hygiene: Keep Persistent Context Useful](https://claudememories.com/memory-hygiene): A maintenance guide for keeping Claude memory concise, current, scoped, and safe across app memory and Claude Code memory.
- [Claude Memory Troubleshooting](https://claudememories.com/troubleshooting): A diagnostic checklist for Claude memory not loading, Claude ignoring CLAUDE.md, stale auto memory, compaction surprises, and project boundary mistakes.
- [Claude Memory Freshness Log](https://claudememories.com/freshness-log): A dated update log for Claude memory behavior, source checks, and future changes to Claude app and Claude Code memory.
- [Claude Memory Sources](https://claudememories.com/sources): The primary-source bibliography behind ClaudeMemories.com, with notes on what each source is used to support.

## Primary Sources
- [How Claude remembers your project](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory) - Anthropic Claude Code Docs
- [Use Claude's chat search and memory to build on previous context](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-context) - Claude Help Center
- [Bringing memory to teams](https://claude.com/blog/memory) - Claude by Anthropic
- [How can I create and manage projects?](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9519177-how-can-i-create-and-manage-projects) - Claude Help Center
- [Managing context on the Claude Developer Platform](https://claude.com/blog/context-management) - Claude by Anthropic
- [Understanding Claude's personalization features](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10185728-understanding-claude-s-personalization-features) - Claude Help Center
- [Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) for projects](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11473015-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag-for-projects) - Claude Help Center
- [Claude release notes](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes) - Claude Help Center

## Suggested Citation
Claude Memories. "Claude Memory, CLAUDE.md, and Auto Memory Guide." Last source check 2026-07-06. https://claudememories.com