init

An interactive setup command for creating project memory files such as CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md, which store instructions an AI coding assistant should remember.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when starting project memory, choosing automatic or commit-based updates, or configuring memory for Claude Code and other coding agents.
Why use it?
It establishes how memory updates should be triggered and which file should hold the project guidance.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/severity1/claude-code-auto-memory/init
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/severity1/claude-code-auto-memory
Per session 12 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 927 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00012 $0.00927
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00464
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00185
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00093

Measured yesterday against content hash 3fa9d0291843, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

init scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/init.md · 98 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 98 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Initialize auto-managed CLAUDE.md memory files for this project.

Workflow

Step 1: Configure Trigger Mode

Ask the user how auto-memory should trigger updates using AskUserQuestion:

Question: "How should auto-memory trigger CLAUDE.md updates?"

Options:

  • default (recommended): Track file edits in real-time. Updates trigger after Edit/Write operations and file modifications (rm, mv, etc.). Best for most workflows.
  • gitmode: Only trigger on git commits. Updates happen when you commit changes. Best for developers who commit frequently and prefer "if you didn't commit, it didn't happen" workflow.

Save the selection to .claude/auto-memory/config.json:

{
  "triggerMode": "default"
}

Step 1a: Configure Memory File(s)

Ask the user which memory file(s) auto-memory should maintain using AskUserQuestion:

Question: "Which memory file(s) should auto-memory maintain?"

Options:

  • CLAUDE.md only (default): Standard Claude Code memory file. Best for projects using Claude Code exclusively.
  • AGENTS.md only: Memory stored in AGENTS.md. Best for projects using OpenAI Codex, Gemini, or other agents that read AGENTS.md.
  • Both - AGENTS.md for content, CLAUDE.md redirects to it: AGENTS.md holds full memory; CLAUDE.md contains a one-line redirect. Best when multiple AI coding agents collaborate on the same repo.

Update .claude/auto-memory/config.json with the selection:

  • CLAUDE.md only: omit memoryFiles (or set "memoryFiles": ["CLAUDE.md"])
  • AGENTS.md only: "memoryFiles": ["AGENTS.md"]
  • Both: "memoryFiles": ["CLAUDE.md", "AGENTS.md"]

When "Both" is selected, also generate the redirect CLAUDE.md at the project root using the CLAUDE.redirect.md.template - a static file with the single line: Read AGENTS.md in this directory for project context.

Step 1b: Configure Auto-Commit (Optional)

Ask the user if they want CLAUDE.md changes auto-committed using AskUserQuestion:

Question: "Should auto-memory automatically commit CLAUDE.md changes after updates?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 98 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 98 lines · 12 tokens per session scan A 3fa9d0291843

Subscribe to this mod's changes

init is a command published in the GitHub repository severity1/claude-code-auto-memory (157 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 12 tokens to every session and 927 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.