docs: point agents at the Civilytics values file before they start

Mirrors the same block in cog_explorer/CLAUDE.md. A project-level @ import does not preload, so the instruction to read it is the mechanism.
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  a numbered `.sql` file; build a query in R.
 - No arrow dependency — DuckDB reads parquet natively
 - `withr` is a Suggests-only dep; only used in tests
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+## Domain context — read this first
+
+**Before doing any work in this repo, read `~/.claude/memory/values/civilytics.md`.**
+It carries the purpose, direction, and constraints for this domain. It is not optional
+context — read it before planning or writing code, not after. (An `@` import will not
+work here; project-level imports don't preload. The read is the mechanism.)