memory-config

Memory Configuration

View and modify ConKeeper configuration for the current project.

Pre-flight Check

1. Verify .claude/memory/ exists
   • If not: Inform user to run /memory-init first

Configuration Options

Token Budget Presets

Preset	Total Target	Session Summary	Best For
economy	~2000 tokens	200-400	Quick tasks, minimal context
light	~3000 tokens	400-700	Small projects, faster loading
standard	~4000 tokens	600-1000	Most projects (default)
detailed	~6000 tokens	900-1500	Complex projects, comprehensive handoffs

Other Settings

Setting	Values	Description
suggest_memories	true/false	Whether to suggest memory additions
auto_load	true/false	Auto-load memory at session start
output_style	quiet/normal/explanatory	Output verbosity
auto_sync_threshold	0-100 (default: 60)	Context % to trigger auto memory-sync
hard_block_threshold	0-100 (default: 80)	Context % to block prompts until sync
context_window_tokens	integer (default: 200000)	Context window size in tokens. Auto-detected from model if not set.
correction_sensitivity	low/medium (default: low)	Regex sensitivity for correction detection
staleness_commits	integer (default: 5, 0 = disable)	Commits since last file update before flagging memory as stale
project_search_paths	absent=off, disabled=permanently off, array=active	Parent directories to search for cross-project memory

Workflow

Step 1: Read Current Config

Check for .claude/memory/.memory-config.md:

• If exists: Read and display current settings
• If not: Display defaults (standard preset)

Step 2: Display Current Settings

Current ConKeeper Configuration

• Token budget: [economy/light/standard/detailed] (default: standard)
• Suggest memories: [true/false] (default: true)
• Auto load: [true/false] (default: true)
• Output style: [quiet/normal/explanatory] (default: normal)
• Auto-sync threshold: [0-100] (default: 60)
• Hard-block threshold: [0-100] (default: 80)
• Context window tokens: [integer] (default: auto-detected from model, fallback: 200000)
• Observation hook: [true/false] (default: true)
• Observation detail: [full/stubs_only/off] (default: full)
• Correction sensitivity: [low/medium] (default: low)
• Auto-reflect: [true/false] (default: true)
• Staleness commits: [integer] (default: 5, 0 = disable)
• Project search paths: [absent/disabled/paths] (default: absent)

Step 3: Ask What to Change

Ask the user which setting they'd like to change, or whether they're done. Accept natural language responses (e.g., "change output style to quiet", "disable auto-reflect").

Step 4: Apply Changes

Update or create .claude/memory/.memory-config.md:

---
token_budget: standard
suggest_memories: true
auto_load: true
output_style: normal
auto_sync_threshold: 60
hard_block_threshold: 80
context_window_tokens: 200000
observation_hook: true
observation_detail: full
correction_sensitivity: low
auto_reflect: true
staleness_commits: 5
# project_search_paths: ["~/zed", "~/work"]  # absent = off, disabled = permanently off
---

Observation Hook Settings

Setting	Default	Options	Description
observation_hook	true	true, false	Enable/disable PostToolUse observation logging
observation_detail	full	full, stubs_only, off	Detail level for observation entries

• full: Full entries for Bash/external tools, stub entries for native tools
• stubs_only: Stub entries for all tools (timestamp, tool, type, path, status only)
• off: No observation logging (same as observation_hook: false)

Auto-detection: If context_window_tokens is not explicitly set, ConKeeper reads ~/.claude/settings.json to detect the active model's context window. Models with the [1m] variant (e.g., opus[1m]) use a 1,000,000 token window. All others default to 200,000. Set context_window_tokens explicitly to override auto-detection.

Correction Detection Settings

Setting	Default	Options	Description
correction_sensitivity	low	low, medium	Regex sensitivity for detecting user corrections and friction

• low: Conservative patterns only (fewer false positives, higher precision)
• medium: Adds looser patterns like "instead", "should be", "rather"

Note: high sensitivity was intentionally omitted — Claude Code's facets data provides higher-accuracy retrospective friction classification. This hook is a fast first-pass; /memory-reflect uses facets for accurate second-pass analysis.

Create .correction-ignore in project root to suppress specific patterns:

# Patterns to never flag as corrections
# One line per literal substring, matched case-insensitively
no worries
try again with verbose

Reflection Settings

Setting	Default	Options	Description
auto_reflect	true	true, false	Auto-trigger /memory-reflect after /memory-sync

Session depth (LIGHTWEIGHT vs STANDARD) is auto-detected based on observation and correction counts.

Privacy Tags

Privacy tags are always enforced — there is no configuration toggle.

• Wrap sensitive content in <private>...</private> tags
• Add private: true to YAML front matter for entire-file privacy
• Private content is excluded from context injection, search, sync, and reflection

Step 5: Confirm

Configuration updated.

• [Setting]: [old value] → [new value]

Changes take effect in the next session.