My .md files vs Claude's memory tool: a practitioner comparison
Anthropic shipped a memory tool that looks structurally identical to the markdown files I've been maintaining by hand. Here's what each approach gets right, where they diverge, and...
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More agents, less cost
Running three AI agents sounds expensive. It's cheaper than running one — if you put the right model in each role.
When one context window isn't enough
Splitting a single AI agent into a team didn't just change the workflow — it changed how context flows through the whole system.
I was the validator all along
My AI coding setup worked — until I noticed I was spending more time checking output than building. The fix was giving the validation job to another agent.
Your .md files are a memory architecture (you just don't call it that)
The manual context management patterns that work today map surprisingly well to the agent memory architectures being built for tomorrow.
A starter prompt that actually remembers what you told it
I rebuilt my Claude Code starter prompt around .md files as external memory. Here's why and how.
Context hygiene: why your AI forgets what matters and what to do about it
The biggest bottleneck in long-running AI sessions isn't model intelligence — it's context management. Here's what I've learned about keeping AI on track across complex, multi-sess...
A starter prompt for Claude Code agent teams
I rebuilt my Claude Code starter prompt(/downloads/STARTPROMPT.md) for agent teams. The original positions Claude as a single project lead that both coordina...
Claude Code's /memory is one-fifth of a context management system
Claude Code has a `/memory` command that appends facts, preferences, and constraints to a `CLAUDE.md` file — either global (`~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`) or project-l...
My Claude Code starter prompt with built-in context management
I published my Claude Code starter prompt as a downloadable file: STARTPROMPT.md(/downloads/STARTPROMPT.md) It sets Claude up as technical lead for any proj...