Notes from the build.

Short, practical pieces about Hydrate — how it's built, what it's for, and what the benchmark data actually says.

• 2026-04-18 · 4 min read

  Hydrate memory is now on Gemini CLI

  We shipped hydrate-mcp today. One Go binary, MCP over stdio, every MCP-capable agent gets Hydrate memory. Proven end-to-end on Gemini CLI.

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• 2026-04-18 · 6 min read

  How to use Hydrate

  The practical guide — what installing Hydrate actually does, the five patterns that make it pay off, and the one case where you should turn it off.

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• 2026-04-18 · 5 min read

  How and when to dehydrate

  Dehydrate is a hygiene tool for CLAUDE.md, not a cost amplifier. When to reach for it, when to leave it alone, and the honest benchmark number from civichub.

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