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Claude Code has "memory" files which can be layered (global, project, private). I'll probably add this to mine haha, but mine currently mostly consist of things

Claude Code has "memory" files which can be layered (global, project, private). I'll probably add this to mine haha, but mine currently mostly consist of things that i can't automate. Eg i have hooks for tests/lints, so i don't need to tell claude to do those things. However general styling preferences and naming conventions can be a bit more difficult to automate, so i put those in the memory files. I find it does decently, but it's far from perfect. Eg before hooks i had "ALWAYS format and lint" style entries in the memory file and it probably had a 70% success rate. Often it would go on little side paths cleaning work up and forget to run lints after or w/e. Formatting was my biggest gripe. Deterministic wrappers have been the biggest gain for me personally. I suspect they'll get a lot better over time too. Eg i want to try and find a way to write more personal style guides in a linter to enforce claude not break various conventions i prefer. But of course, that can be difficult.

SV_BubbleTime 1y ago
ClaudeCode routinely ignores its own CLAUDE.md file though. The number of times I have to remind it that it isn’t following and then it hurries to apply formatter and follow my style rules isn’t worth counting anymore. Putting “don’t tell me I’m absolutely right” in there will just highlight more how much it already ignores that file.
- unshavedyak 1y ago
  I agree, but you're never going to get an LLM to be perfect, especially when it was trained to behave differently. Eg i mentioned it had, maybe, a 70% success rate for linting and formatting. However it had maybe a 50% success rate at not using emojis. For some reason, claude loves to use emojis in its output. That isn't the point though. The parent asked if claude code had something similar to the system prompt they mentioned. It does, it's memory. Actually i believe it has that and a system prompt heh. But yea, aside from that you're never going to get perfection from an LLM. Don't even try, imo. Use deterministic wrappers where possible. Eg i don't have an emoji problem anymore, Claude never prints emojis now. Why? Because i use a hook which prevents it from writing emojis.

SV_BubbleTime 1y ago

ClaudeCode routinely ignores its own CLAUDE.md file though. The number of times I have to remind it that it isn’t following and then it hurries to apply formatter and follow my style rules isn’t worth counting anymore. Putting “don’t tell me I’m absolutely right” in there will just highlight more how much it already ignores that file.

unshavedyak 1y ago
I agree, but you're never going to get an LLM to be perfect, especially when it was trained to behave differently. Eg i mentioned it had, maybe, a 70% success rate for linting and formatting. However it had maybe a 50% success rate at not using emojis. For some reason, claude loves to use emojis in its output. That isn't the point though. The parent asked if claude code had something similar to the system prompt they mentioned. It does, it's memory. Actually i believe it has that and a system prompt heh. But yea, aside from that you're never going to get perfection from an LLM. Don't even try, imo. Use deterministic wrappers where possible. Eg i don't have an emoji problem anymore, Claude never prints emojis now. Why? Because i use a hook which prevents it from writing emojis.