Study Finds 'Catastrophic Retention' Bloats Agent Coding Prompts Like CLAUDE.md

An analysis of nearly 2,000 GitHub repos finds agentic coding prompt files like CLAUDE.md balloon by an average of 226%, often tripling in size, as removing instructions proves harder than adding them—a phenomenon dubbed 'catastrophic retention.'

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