Make It Impossible to Skip

Something Was Missing I run a /start command at the beginning of every Claude Code session. It loads my memory bank: project brief, active context, tech context, system patterns. Four files, plus CLAUDE.md which Claude Code already loads automatically. The command has worked fine for months. Then I started a session with Sonnet 4.6 on low effort and noticed the output felt thin. I asked which files it had read. Two. Out of four. ...

March 12, 2026 · 3 min · 619 words · Chris Hughes