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219219| Feature | When it loads | What loads | Context cost |
220220| - | - | - | - |
221| **CLAUDE.md** | Session start | Full content | Every request |
221| **CLAUDE.md** | Session start | Full content of each file that loads at session start | Every request |
222222| **Output styles** | Session start, and again when you switch styles | The active style's full instructions; nothing for the Default style | Every request |
223223| **Skills** | Session start + when used | Descriptions at start, full content when used | Low (descriptions every request)\* |
224224| **MCP servers** | Session start | Tool names; full schemas on demand | Low until a tool is used |
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239239**When:** Session start
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241**What loads:** Full content of all CLAUDE.md files (managed, user, and project levels).
241**What loads:** Full content of each CLAUDE.md file that loads at session start (managed, user, and project levels).
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243**Inheritance:** Claude reads CLAUDE.md files from your working directory up to the root, and discovers nested ones in subdirectories as it accesses those files. See [How CLAUDE.md files load](/docs/en/memory.md#how-claude-md-files-load) for details.
243**Inheritance:** Claude reads CLAUDE.md files from your working directory up to the root, and discovers nested ones in subdirectories as it accesses those files. See [How CLAUDE.md files load](/docs/en/memory.md#how-claude-md-files-load) for details. If a nested CLAUDE.md is over its [per-file size limit](/docs/en/memory.md#claude-ignores-the-end-of-my-subdirectory-claude-md), Claude receives only the start of the file.
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