--- title: Kill your MEMORY.md | daily.dev description: A developer argues against using Claude Code's auto-memory feature (MEMORY.md), recommending it be turned off entirely. The core argument is that stateless AI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kill-your-memory-md-tme3xqp9z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kill your MEMORY.md | daily.dev og:description: A developer argues against using Claude Code's auto-memory feature (MEMORY.md), recommending it be turned off entirely. The core argument is that stateless AI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kill-your-memory-md-tme3xqp9z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/tME3xQP9z.png og:image:alt: Kill your MEMORY.md og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Kill your MEMORY.md **[Matt Pocock](https://daily.dev/sources/mattpocock)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer argues against using Claude Code's auto-memory feature (MEMORY.md), recommending it be turned off entirely. The core argument is that stateless AI agents are more predictable and controllable — accumulated memory causes subtle behavioral drift across sessions. 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