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 "generated": "2026-10-31",
 "id": "oraios-serena--configure-serena-per-project",
 "repo": "oraios/serena",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/oraios/serena",
 "repo_slug": "oraios-serena",
 "title": "Tune Serena's tools and memory per project",
 "page_title": "How to tune Serena's tools and memory per project with Serena",
 "summary": "Use Serena's layered YAML configuration and memory system to fit each repository and client.",
 "who": "A team lead rolling Serena out across several repos and clients who wants different tools active in each.",
 "problem": "One global setup rarely fits every project, and duplicated tools confuse agents that already have file and shell tools.",
 "outcome": "Per-project Serena settings with the right tools active, and memories shared across sessions alongside AGENTS.md files.",
 "steps": [
  "Install Serena with `uv tool install -p 3.13 serena-agent`",
  "Adjust global configuration, then add per-project configuration with local overrides",
  "Use execution context-specific configuration for particular clients and modes for composable fragments",
  "Leave basic tools such as search_for_pattern and execute_shell_command disabled inside harnesses that already provide them",
  "Turn on the memory system, or disable it if you use another, and combine it with your AGENTS.md files"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Configure oraios/serena for this repository: per-project configuration with only the retrieval and symbolic editing tools active for <client>, the memory system on, and a short note in AGENTS.md on how agents should use Serena memories.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README describes the configuration levels but the YAML keys are in the docs, so check the configuration page for exact names.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "uv, the only required prerequisite",
  "An MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini-CLI, Cursor, VS Code or a JetBrains assistant",
  "An LLM to drive the tools, since Serena itself does no reasoning",
  "For some languages, extra language server dependencies listed on the Language Support page",
  "Optional: the paid Serena JetBrains Plugin (free trial) for move, inline and debugging"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
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