# CLAUDE.md vs StremAI

CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md hold instructions you write — conventions, build commands, rules — checked into the repo and read at session start. StremAI holds something different: memory agents accumulate while working.

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## Concede first

CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md are the right place for instructions you write: conventions, commands, repo policy, and review rules.

## The difference is scope, not quality

Instruction files are authored by humans and read at session start. StremAI stores learned memories as agents work, then recalls only the relevant entries later.

Keep CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md for the rules. Add StremAI when connected agents need to recall decisions, pitfalls, and handoffs across sessions, tools, or teammates.

## When StremAI is not the right fit

Skip it if one instruction file plus one agent memory surface already covers your work.

## Start

Set up StremAI with your instruction files: https://www.stremai.com/getting-started