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9393A markdown file of persistent instructions you write for Claude, loaded at the start of every session as a user message after the system prompt. Put project conventions, architecture notes, and "always do X" rules here. Project-root CLAUDE.md survives [compaction](#compaction) and is re-read fresh from disk afterward.
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95You can place CLAUDE.md at project scope in `./CLAUDE.md` or `./.claude/CLAUDE.md`, at user scope in `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`, or as [managed policy](#managed-settings) for your organization. All discovered files are concatenated into context rather than overriding each other, ordered from broadest scope to most specific. Claude Code can also load a project's [AGENTS.md](#agents-md) files, on their own or alongside CLAUDE.md.
95You can place CLAUDE.md at project scope in `./CLAUDE.md` or `./.claude/CLAUDE.md`, at user scope in `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`, or as [managed policy](#managed-settings) for your organization. All discovered files are concatenated into context rather than overriding each other, ordered from broadest scope to most specific. Claude Code can also load a project's [AGENTS.md](#agents-md) files in place of CLAUDE.md.
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9797Learn more: [CLAUDE.md files](/docs/en/memory#claude-md-files)
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