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