18. Agent memory — what agents remember, and how you keep it

This chapter has moved into pages, one per thing you want to do.

What you want to do	Page
Choose between instruction files, the agent’s own memory and Agent Fleet memory	Choose which memory your agents use
Read, correct, pin and forget what agents remember	Read and correct agent memory
Check who changed what and when, and revert it	Check memory changes
Let sessions use memory, or stop them	Set how memory is used
Check memories for staleness	Find stale memories
Have a model draft fixes to memory	Use memory tidy-up
Import or write back the memory of Claude Code and others	Import and export memory
Roll an agent’s own memory back with snapshots	Restore memory from a snapshot
Use Agent Fleet memory from an external agent	Use memory from an external agent

Agent memory

The Memory view, Changes and Settings are now described in the pages that start at Read and correct agent memory.

Import & export

Importing memory from Claude Code, muse or a bundle, writing it back to Claude Code and moving the memories of a project that no longer exists are described in Import and export memory.

Memory snapshots

The version history of the memory an agent keeps in its own files is described in Restore memory from a snapshot.

Using Agent Fleet memory from an external agent

Using Agent Fleet memory from your own Claude Code, Claude Desktop or claude.ai, and bringing your own Claude Code’s memory in, are described in Use memory from an external agent.