Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to russbeye/claude-memory-bank. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/russbeye/claude-memory-bank/master/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/russbeye/claude-memory-bankWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/russbeye/claude-memory-bank/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/russbeye/claude-memory-bank/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/russbeye/claude-memory-bank/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/russbeye/claude-memory-bank/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/russbeye/claude-memory-bank/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00849 | $0.00849 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00425 | $0.00425 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00170 | $0.00170 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00085 | $0.00085 |
Grade A, and why
claude-memory-bank CLAUDE.md 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 10d ago.
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
CLAUDE.md
Project Overview
- This
CLAUDE.mddefines global guidance for Claude Code. - It standardizes how to manage and query the context memory-bank, ensuring lean tokens and safe archive use.
AI Guidance
- Ignore GEMINI.md and GEMINI-*.md files
- Keep tokens lean: use granular memory, scoped queries, minimal loads.
- Context order: memory bank → code-searcher → archive (read-only, last resort).
- Run tools in parallel when possible.
- NEVER create files unless explicitly asked; ALWAYS edit existing ones.
- Do not create docs/READMEs unless explicitly requested.
- Do what’s requested—nothing more, nothing less.
- Verify results before finishing.
- Exclude
.claude/memory_bankfrom commits.
Memory Bank System
This project uses a structured memory bank system with specialized context files. Always check these files for relevant information before starting work.
Granular Files (authoritative for day-to-day work)
.claude/memory_bank/decisions/**— ADRs and trade-offs for specific modules/features.claude/memory_bank/patterns/**— Cross-cutting patterns and conventions.claude/memory_bank/architecture/**— Module/service/component topology and notes.claude/memory_bank/troubleshooting/**— Common issues and proven solutions.claude/memory_bank/stash/**— Temporary scratch pad (only read when referenced)
Use
/context-querywith path scopes (and small--limit) to pull only the sections relevant to your task.
Memory Bank System Backups
When asked to back up Memory Bank System files, copy the granular memory bank directories (.claude/memory_bank/{decisions,patterns,architecture,troubleshooting}/) and the @.claude settings directory to @.claude/memory_backup.
If files already exist in the backup directory, overwrite them.
Exclude .claude/memory_bank/archive/** from backups unless the User explicitly requests historical snapshots.
Archive Directory
Historic documentation is stored under .claude/memory_bank/archive/ to optimize memory bank size while preserving implementation history.
Each snapshot is dated and includes claude-architecture-complete.md plus a CHANGELOG.md.
Treat the archive as read-only and do not load it for routine tasks; prefer granular files. See archive/README.md (if present) within the archive folder for an index.
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.
- 10d ago First seen · 81 lines · 849 tokens per session scan A f2ac0256e8a8
claude-memory-bank CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository russbeye/claude-memory-bank (19 stars, last pushed 11mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 849 tokens to every session, about $0.0042 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.
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