Claude Code memory: the 5 techniques that actually work across sessions

Claude Code memory: the 5 techniques that actually work across sessions One of the most common frustrations with Claude Code: you spend 20 minutes explaining your codebase, get great results, then come back the next day and start from scratch. Claude Code has no persistent memory between sessions. But there are 5 techniques that come close - and using all 5 together means your sessions start informed, not blank. Why Claude Code forgets everything Claude Code runs in a stateless context window. When you close a session, nothing persists.