diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ and checked end to end against the owner's Mattermost; no finding is open. M4b (
 Mattermost, spec `docs/specs/2026-09-24-m4b-approvals.md`, 18 tasks) is done and merged, reviewed
 in `docs/implementer-log.md` and checked end to end against the owner's Mattermost, including an
 approval asked by a non-approver; no finding is open. M5 (memory, then the scheduler) is split into
-M5a, M5b and M5c by P17 to P20 (applied 2026-09-24); the M5a spec is next. The owner's Honcho client
+M5a, M5b and M5c by P17 to P21 (applied 2026-09-24). M5a (local memory, `memoryd`) is specified in
+`docs/specs/2026-09-24-m5a-local-memory.md` (approved) and planned in `docs/plans/M5a/` (15 tasks,
+branch `m5a`); its reference is a bundle on straylight, `~/boxmaker-refs/m5a-ref.bundle`. The owner's Honcho client
 `roncho` is on titan, not on this machine. Branches land on master by rebase and
 fast-forward, never a merge commit. The owner's Mattermost settings and the
 bot's token are in `mattermost.env` at the repository root: ignored by git, never committed, and