Developer shares CLAUDE.md trick to preserve reasoning context in Claude Code sessions
A developer describes a habit of instructing Claude Code via CLAUDE.md to log design decisions, preventing the model from forgetting past reasoning after context compaction. This addresses a common pain point in long coding sessions where the model suggests previously ruled-out approaches.
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Client context project system for consultants using LLM
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