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 ## Getting started
 
-The memory tool is generally available on the Messages API: no beta header is required. Using it takes two steps:
+Using the memory tool takes two steps:
 
 1. Add the memory tool to your request. The `tools` entry `{"type": "memory_20250818", "name": "memory"}` is the entire configuration: the `name` must be `memory`, and you don't define an input schema for an Anthropic-provided tool.
 2. Implement a client-side handler for each memory command. Your handler must reject paths outside `/memories`, so read [Path traversal protection](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/memory-tool#path-traversal-protection) before you write it.
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 Claude's reply to a request like the previous one ends with a `tool_use` block that requests a memory operation, such as `view /memories`. Your application executes the operation and returns the result in a `tool_result` block, then sends the conversation back so Claude can continue: the standard [tool-use loop](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/handle-tool-calls).
 
-Four SDKs provide memory tool helpers that handle the tool interface and the loop. Subclass `BetaAbstractMemoryTool` (Python and C#), use `betaMemoryTool` (TypeScript), or implement `BetaMemoryToolHandler` (Java) to back memory with your own storage, such as files on disk, a database, cloud storage, or encrypted files. Python and TypeScript also ship a ready-made local-filesystem implementation, `BetaLocalFilesystemMemoryTool`. The helper and tool-runner surfaces live in each SDK's beta namespace even though the memory tool itself is generally available. The Go and Ruby SDKs have no memory helper, so those examples run the tool-use loop themselves, and PHP wraps your handler closure in its generic `BetaRunnableTool`. All three use an in-memory store that you replace with your own storage.
+Four SDKs provide memory tool helpers that handle the tool interface and the loop. Subclass `BetaAbstractMemoryTool` (Python and C#), use `betaMemoryTool` (TypeScript), or implement `BetaMemoryToolHandler` (Java) to back memory with your own storage, such as files on disk, a database, cloud storage, or encrypted files. Python and TypeScript also ship a ready-made local-filesystem implementation, `BetaLocalFilesystemMemoryTool`. The helper and tool-runner surfaces live in each SDK's beta namespace even though the memory tool itself doesn't require a beta header. The Go and Ruby SDKs have no memory helper, so those examples run the tool-use loop themselves, and PHP wraps your handler closure in its generic `BetaRunnableTool`. All three use an in-memory store that you replace with your own storage.
 
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