Paper 1 · Question 42

A: /memory is the diagnostic command for the configuration hierarchy: it shows which user-level, project-level, and directory-level memory files the current session has loaded, which directly confirms or rules out the suspected loading difference.

B: /compact summarises the conversation to free context; it does not reload or report configuration files. CLAUDE.md content survives compaction, so this neither diagnoses nor fixes a loading difference.

C: Deleting user-level configuration is a destructive guess. It might mask the symptom, but it destroys the developer's personal setup without ever confirming what the failing sessions were loading.

D: The model can paraphrase conventions from training or partial context, so a fluent answer does not prove the files loaded. /memory reports the loaded files deterministically instead of relying on the model's self-report.