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How I run my Claude setup · Problem 6 of 11

Claude forgets my rules between chats.

You tell Claude a rule in one chat, open a new one and it's gone, so you end up explaining yourself every time.

Lewis Crook · Written November 2026

Try it on your own Claude

Try this in a new chat
From now on, sign off any email you write for me with "Cheers" and my first name, which is [your first name].
Then open a new chat and send this
Write a two-line email to my landlord saying the boiler's fixed.

If the sign-off isn't there, it isn't keeping your rules between chats. You can delete the rule afterwards under Settings › Your Claude › Manage.

What my setup does about it

In my setup, when I correct it or tell it how I always want something done, it saves that as a short rule and tells me in one line what it saved, so it mostly doesn't do it twice.

I answer questions about this in a small free WhatsApp group. Get the invite.

If any of this was useful, message me.