What
Exclude specific CLAUDE.md files from loading using glob patterns or absolute paths.
Usage (in settings.json):
{
"memory": {
"excludePatterns": [
"/home/user/monorepo/CLAUDE.md",
"**/node_modules/**/CLAUDE.md",
"**/some-dir/.claude/rules/**"
]
}
}Details
- Uses picomatch for glob pattern matching
- Patterns match against absolute file paths
- Only applies to User, Project, and Local memory types (Managed/policy files cannot be excluded)
Evidence
New excludePatterns setting (search for "Glob patterns or absolute paths of CLAUDE.md files to exclude from loading")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.