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MemorySystem overview
Reference · livememory-system:cline-memory-bank
Cline Memory Bank overview
Cline's structured memory bank stored in .cline/memory/ with categorical markdown files. Categories include activeContext.md (current session state), productContext.md (what the product does), progress.md (development progress), systemPatterns.md (recurring code patterns), and techContext.md (technology decisions). Files are read at session start and optionally updated at session end. The structured-category approach trades flexibility for consistency — every project gets the same memory organization, making cross-project knowledge navigation predictable.
Attributes
displayName
Cline Memory Bank
description
Cline's structured memory bank stored in .cline/memory/ with categorical
markdown files. Categories include activeContext.md (current session state),
productContext.md (what the product does), progress.md (development
progress), systemPatterns.md (recurring code patterns), and techContext.md
(technology decisions). Files are read at session start and optionally
updated at session end. The structured-category approach trades flexibility
for consistency — every project gets the same memory organization, making
cross-project knowledge navigation predictable.
memoryKind
file-based
persistence
project-scoped
autoExtraction
true
consolidation
on-write
storageFormat
markdown
privacyFilter
false
deduplication
none
Outgoing edges
realizes1
- layer:12-knowledge-fabric·LayerKnowledge Fabric
Incoming edges
uses_memory_system2
- knowledge-fabric-impl:cline.knowledge@current·KnowledgeFabricImplCline Knowledge Fabric — .clinerules + memory files
- agent-version:cline@current·AgentVersion