Claude.md isn't always read and followed
I thought Claude was more reliable. Guess you can't count on CLAUDE.md files always being read and followed.
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pajtai> Why didn't you rename the completed plan per ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md?
You're right, I missed that. Let me find and rename the plan file now.
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I need to identify which plan file corresponds to the [PROJECT] fix. Let me check the likely candidates.
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Bash(mv ~/.claude/plans/elegant-leaping-spring.md ~/.claude/plans/2026-02-18-[PROJECT].md) ⎿ Done
Done. Renamed elegant-leaping-spring.md → 2026-02-18-[PROJECT].md.
I'll make a note to remember this step going forward.
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I put it in the project-specific memory file at /Users/pajtai/.claude/projects/-Users-pajtai-[PROJECT]/memory/MEMORY.md.
But that's the wrong place — the reminder applies to all projects, not just this one.
It should go in the global MEMORY.md at /Users/pajtai/.claude/projects/-Users-pajtai-[PROJECT]/memory/MEMORY.md...
wait, let me check where the global one actually is.
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The only MEMORY.md that exists is the project-specific one at
/Users/pajtai/.claude/projects/-Users-pajtai-[PROJECT]/memory/MEMORY.md.
That's where I put it.
However, since the plan-renaming rule is already in your global CLAUDE.md, the note is redundant. Would you like me to remove it?Can confirm. You need to kick off the sessions to read the ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md file. Annoying.
And also the recent /compact bug.. is anyone else seeing that you cannot compact and must /clear ?