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379The value must be an absolute path or start with `~/`. When you set it in a project's `.claude/settings.json` or `.claude/settings.local.json`, Claude Code honors it under the same [workspace trust rule as hooks in settings files](/docs/en/permissions#what-runs-before-you-trust-a-folder).
379The value must be an absolute path or start with `~/`.
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381When you set it in a project's `.claude/settings.json` or `.claude/settings.local.json`, Claude Code honors it under the same [workspace trust rule as hooks in settings files](/docs/en/permissions#what-runs-before-you-trust-a-folder). While [`permissions.blockReadsOutsideWorkingDirectories`](/docs/en/settings-reference#permissions-blockreadsoutsideworkingdirectories) is on, Claude Code loads no auto memory from a directory that a [repository-supplied settings file](/docs/en/permissions#when-your-local-settings-file-needs-trust) chooses and saves none to it, wherever that directory sits.
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381383The directory contains a `MEMORY.md` index and one topic file per memory:
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