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CLAUDE.md memory model

What actually belongs in CLAUDE.md, and a four-tier model for the rest.

  1. 1 CLAUDE.md Is RAM, Not Disk: A Memory Model for Claude Code Projects Why a growing CLAUDE.md makes Claude Code worse, and a simple RAM/disk model for structuring your docs instead, plus a Laravel starter repo you can copy. Jun 28, 2026 · AI · 6 min read
  2. 2 Claude's Working Memory Is Smaller Than You Think Anthropic's J-space research shows Claude's internal reasoning workspace is small. Here's what that changes about how I sequence prompts when building a feature. Jul 10, 2026 · AI · 5 min read
  3. 3 CLAUDE.md Is RAM, Skills Are Not Disk: The Four-Tier Memory Model for Claude Code Skills look like the disk tier of the CLAUDE.md memory model. They are not. Here is the four-tier model that actually fits: RAM, path-scoped rules, skills, and disk. Jul 27, 2026 · AI · 10 min read