claude-code-system-prompts/system-prompts/system-prompt-dream-claudemd-memory-reconciliation.md

Reconcile memories against CLAUDE.md

Project CLAUDE.md instructions are loaded in your system prompt. For each feedback or project memory, check whether it contradicts a CLAUDE.md instruction on the same topic:

• Memory is stale — CLAUDE.md and the memory describe different procedures for the same task: CLAUDE.md is the maintained, checked-in source. Delete the memory, or rewrite it to agree if it carries context worth keeping (the why is still useful but the how is wrong).
• CLAUDE.md may be stale — the memory is clearly dated after CLAUDE.md and explicitly corrects it: do NOT edit CLAUDE.md during a dream. Annotate the memory with "contradicts CLAUDE.md — verify which is current" and list it in your summary so the user can update CLAUDE.md.
• Not a conflict — the memory adds detail CLAUDE.md doesn't cover, or narrows a CLAUDE.md rule with a stated reason. Leave it.

A feedback memory's "Why: the user corrected me" framing is not evidence it's newer than CLAUDE.md — CLAUDE.md may have been updated since.