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Auto Memory

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Notes an AI coding agent writes to itself across sessions, loaded automatically at the start of each new session.

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Auto memory lets the agent accumulate knowledge without manual effort. In Claude Code, the agent saves learnings to MEMORY.md: build commands, project patterns, user preferences, corrections. The first 200 lines or 25KB load at the start of every session. Codex CLI uses a SQLite-backed memory store that post-processes completed sessions. Cursor offers persistent Notepads as a manual alternative.

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