Pattern
CLAUDE.md and the memory hierarchy
Give Claude Code durable, project-aware context by placing instructions in CLAUDE.md files across a defined hierarchy (enterprise, user, project, personal-local, and subdirectory) that load together into context, so the agent behaves consistently without being re-briefed each turn.
Classification Standing instructions loaded from a hierarchy of CLAUDE.md files.
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