Memory Management Skill for Claude Code

Add this to your project's CLAUDE.md to optimize how Claude manages its native auto-memory.

Core Principle

MEMORY.md is an INDEX, not a dump.

The first 200 lines of MEMORY.md are loaded into the system prompt at session start. Everything beyond line 200 is invisible until manually read. Topic files are never auto-loaded—Claude must read them on-demand.

Rule: MEMORY.md must NEVER exceed 200 lines.

Memory Architecture