Reflection

The goal is to identify lessons from this session that should be permanently captured in CLAUDE.md — so future sessions benefit without repeating the same mistakes, clarifications, or decisions.

Review the entire conversation history — every message, correction, and preference — as the primary source. Code diffs are supplementary.

Current Git State (supplementary context)

• Branch: !git branch --show-current
• Changes since last commit: !git diff --stat HEAD
• Staged changes: !git diff --stat --cached

Process

1. Read the full conversation from top to bottom. Pay attention to:

   • Questions the user had to answer that should have been obvious from CLAUDE.md
   • Corrections the user made to your approach or output
   • Preferences or constraints the user stated (even casually)
   • Things you got wrong on the first attempt and had to revise
   • Decisions made about architecture, naming, tooling, or workflow
   • Anything the user explicitly said to always/never do

2. Review the diffs (supplementary) — Read modified files for context on what was built and why, but do not let this overshadow lessons from the conversation itself.

3. Identify lessons in these categories:

   • Patterns & conventions — Things that worked well and should be encoded as rules
   • Gotchas & pitfalls — Things that caused confusion, required retries, or were non-obvious
   • Architecture decisions — Choices made that future sessions should know about
   • Workflow & communication preferences — How the user prefers to work, communicate, or receive output
   • Outdated/wrong memory — Anything in CLAUDE.md or MEMORY.md that turned out to be incorrect or missing

4. Read the current CLAUDE.md to avoid duplicating what's already there and to find gaps.

5. Propose edits to CLAUDE.md — For each lesson worth keeping, suggest the specific text to add, change, or remove, and where it belongs.

6. If no lessons are found, explicitly state: "No CLAUDE.md updates needed from this session." This confirms the session was considered.

7. Do not apply edits automatically. Present proposals to the user and wait for approval.

8. After applying approved edits, print a brief summary in chat of what changed.

Output Format

When lessons are found:

## Reflection

### [Category]
**Lesson**: <what was learned>
**Proposed CLAUDE.md change**: <exact text, with target section>

---
(one block per lesson)

When no lessons are found:

## Reflection

No CLAUDE.md updates needed from this session. The following were considered but already covered or not worth persisting:
- <item> — already in CLAUDE.md / too session-specific / etc.

After applying approved changes:

## CLAUDE.md updated

- Added: "<description>" under ## Section
- Modified: "<what changed>" in ## Section
- Removed: "<what was removed>"