How do you give your AI coding assistant context about your project architecture?

Source: Dev.to

Overview

Every time I open a new Claude Code or Cursor session, I spend the first 10 minutes explaining my project.

• “We use PostgreSQL because…”
• “Auth is JWT with 24 h expiry…”
• “Please follow REST conventions…”

How do you handle this?

• Write a CLAUDE.md manually
• Paste context every session
• Use a specific prompt template
• Something else entirely

I got tired of repeating myself and built LORE — an MCP server that reads your codebase and extracts these decisions automatically.

But I’m curious what the community does. What’s your approach?

github.com/EliotShift/lore-mcp