---
id: 5cb26f44-8100-413d-8fa1-3668472a7672
type: solution
title: "CORE.md auto-load via MEMORY.md symlinks"
tags: [cognitive-memory, claude-code, automation, configuration]
importance: 0.9
confidence: 0.8
created: "2026-02-16T16:45:34.975722+00:00"
updated: "2026-02-20T04:32:33.773548+00:00"
relations:
  - target: c0d10ee1-07e1-4697-a6b6-ae7bb1edfcbc
    type: REQUIRES
    direction: incoming
    strength: 0.8
    edge_id: 1876b305-57b5-4491-8b87-cb85ae5745f6
---

Solved unreliable CORE.md loading at session start. Claude Code auto-injects each project's ~/.claude/projects/<project>/memory/MEMORY.md into the system prompt. Symlinked all project MEMORY.md files to ~/.claude/memory/CORE.md. Script at ~/.local/bin/claude-memory-symlinks refreshes symlinks daily via cognitive-memory-daily.service. Migrated project-specific MEMORY.md content (major-domo infra, strat-gameplay encoding) into cognitive memory before replacing. Updated ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md to remove manual load instruction. Documented in claude-home/development/claude-code-memory-autoload.md.