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Update Memory — Development skill for Claude Code

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Review the current session and update the persistent memory system.

How to install Update Memory

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/jennydove-self-improving-claude-update-memory.md

Terminal
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jennydove/self-improving-claude/HEAD/.claude/commands/update-memory.md -o ~/.claude/commands/jennydove-self-improving-claude-update-memory.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Update Memory does

Review the current session and update the persistent memory system.

When to run

  • Called automatically as part of /done
  • Run manually any time something important happens mid-session

Process

  1. **Review the session for memory-worthy content**

    Save to memory when:

    • The user corrects an approach ("don't do X", "stop doing Y")
    • The user confirms a non-obvious approach worked ("yes exactly", "keep doing that")
    • Project state changes (new decisions, deadlines, stakeholder

Alternatives in Development

  • Claude Supermemory — Persistent memory across sessions and projects using Supermemory 2.3k ★
  • /remember — Save a finding or successful pattern to persistent hunt memory 1.2k ★
  • Session Update — Update the current development session by 1.2k ★

Full documentation available on GitHub

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