Experience Synthesis — Learning from Claude's Past

Insight Taxonomy

When analyzing conversations, extract insights in these categories (ordered by durability — values first):

1. Learned Values

Comparative preferences and priority orderings — "X is better than Y".

Signal sources:

• User states "prefer X over Y", "X is better than Y", "X matters more than Y"
• User confirms a comparative statement from Claude ("yes, readability > cleverness")
• Trade-off discussions that resolve into a clear preference
• Statements with "prioritize", "choose X over Y", "the most important thing is"

What to capture: The value choice, both sides of the comparison, and the reasoning. Values are the most durable type of memory — they survive codebase rewrites.

2. Decisions

What was chosen, why, and what alternatives were rejected.