simplify CLAUDE.md

Author: nikomatsakis

CLAUDE.md

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 # CLAUDE.md
 
-This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+## Overview
 
-## Memory Bank Design Context
+The Socratic Shell documents my journey trying to build a collaborative partner that can empower me to tackle anything and everything.
 
-@src/memory-bank/README.md
+The repository combines an mdbook (found in `src`) with various code experiments. A summary of everything we are doing can be found in the mdbook summary:
 
-### Maintenance & Workflow
-The mdBook whose table of contents lies in `src/SUMMARY.md` must be kept current as design evolves.
-The table of contents can be useful to find sources of additional information about the memory bank design.
+@src/SUMMARY.md
 
-### Checkpointing
+## Conventions for working in this project
 
-When asked to "checkpoint our work", remember to take the following steps:
-- Update [Current Design State](./src/memory-bank/current-state.md) with new insights/discoveries  
-- Move completed items from Open Questions to Key Design Decisions
-- Document new principles discovered in the [Design Foundation](./src/memory-bank/design-foundation.md)
-- Add new questions to cover design pivots in the [FAQ](./src/memory-bank/faq.md)
+When exploring new ideas, we keep most of our documentation in the mdbook, including goals, architectural design, and key implementation details.
 
-## Dialectic testing tool
+However, we do not use the mdbook to store transient information like the set of ongoing tasks. Those are maintained in github issues:
 
-@src/dialectic/README.md
+@src/prompts/project/github-tracking-issues.md
 
-## Socratic Shell Conventions
+When writing code, we use AI insight comments to capture key insights:
 
-@src/prompts/project/github-tracking-issues.md
 @src/prompts/project/ai-insights.md
-
-@src/SUMMARY.md
-(Complete architecture, implementation details, research archive)