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# 🧠 Global memory for your VS Code agent: preferences that follow you

[Read the post](https://gerardorenteria.blog/2026/05/19/%f0%9f%a7%a0-global-memory-for-your-vs-code-agent-preferences-that-follow-you/) · Gerardo Renteria (Gerardo Renteria) · 2026-05-18 · 885 words · tier community · **flagged** (a review found a problem)

> Summary withheld: an Opus review found that the machine-written summary did not match the post. Read the original post.

## Quotes

- "The first 200 lines are automatically loaded at the start of every session." (This clarifies the practical limit and automatic behavior of user-level memory across sessions.)

## Context

- Features: VS Code agent memory, Multi-level memory scopes, Persistent preferences, Local storage, Natural language memory management

Source: Gerardo Renteria, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.