Comment by ebcode
5 days ago
Claude’s memory function adds a note to the file(s) that it reads on startup. Whereas this tool pulls from a database of memories on-demand.
5 days ago
Claude’s memory function adds a note to the file(s) that it reads on startup. Whereas this tool pulls from a database of memories on-demand.
So hilariously, I hadn't actually read those docs yet, I just knew they added the feature. It seems like the docs may not be up to date, as when I read them in response to your reply here, I was like "wait, I thought it was more sophisticated than that!"
The answer seems to be both yes and no: see their announcement on youtube yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yct0MvNtdfU&t=181s
It's still ultimately file-based, but it can create non-Claude.md files in a directory it treats more specially. So it's less sophisticated than I expected, but more sophisticated than the previous "add this to claude.md" feature they've had for a while.
Thanks for the nudge to take the time to actually dig into the details :)
It creates them on its own?
Okay so, now that I've had time after work to play with it... it doesn't work like in the video! The video shows /memories, but it's /memory, and when I run the command, it seems to be listing out the various CLAUDE.md files, and just gives you a convenient way to edit them.
I wonder if the feature got cut for scope, if I'm not in some sort of beta of a better feature, or what.
How disappointing!
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