agent-instructions: Command for Claude Code

.claude/commands/add-command.md

add-command is a command for Claude Code from wbern/agent-instructions. It costs 6 tokens per session (1,292 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for creating slash commands, which are reusable actions started with a command such as /add-command.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps define command syntax, frontmatter options, examples, allowed tools, and project restrictions. It also explains how the command presents its guide.
Why use it?
It explains the required structure and safety limits, reducing mistakes when adding a new command to a project.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; names the NotebookEdit tool; mentions Claude Code.

This is wbern/agent-instructions's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on agent-instructions itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything agent-instructions configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to wbern/agent-instructions. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wbern/agent-instructions/main/.claude/commands/add-command.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wbern/agent-instructions

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 6 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,292 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00006 $0.01292
Opus 5.5 $0.00002 $0.00517
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00001 $0.00258
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00129

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 185396751644, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

add-command scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/add-command.md · 179 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 179 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

General Guidelines

Output Style

  • Never explicitly mention TDD in code, comments, commits, PRs, or issues
  • Write natural, descriptive code without meta-commentary about the development process
  • The code should speak for itself - TDD is the process, not the product

Beads is available for task tracking. Use mcp__beads__* tools to manage issues (the user interacts via bd commands).

Plan File Restriction

NEVER create, read, or update plan.md files. Claude Code's internal planning files are disabled for this project. Use other methods to track implementation progress (e.g., comments, todo lists, or external tools).

Slash Command Creator Guide

How This Command Works

The /add-command command shows this guide for creating new slash commands. It includes:

  • Command structure and syntax
  • Common patterns and examples
  • Security restrictions and limitations
  • Frontmatter options

Note for AI: When creating commands, you CAN use bash tools like Bash(mkdir:*), Bash(ls:*), Bash(git status:*) in the allowed-tools frontmatter of NEW commands - but ONLY for operations within the current project directory. This command itself doesn't need bash tools since it's just documentation.

Command Locations

  • Personal: ~/.claude/commands/ (available across all projects)
  • Project: .claude/commands/ (shared with team, shows "(project)")

Basic Structure

---
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Bash(git status:*), Task
description: Brief description of what this command does
argument-hint: [required-arg] [optional-arg]
---

# Command Title

Your command instructions here.

**User arguments:**

Add-command: $ARGUMENTS

**End of user arguments**

File reference: @path/to/file.js

Bash command output: (exclamation)git status(backticks)

⚠️ Security Restrictions

Bash Commands (exclamation prefix): Limited to current working directory only.

  • ✅ Works: ! + backtick + git status + backtick (in project dir)
  • ❌ Blocked: ! + backtick + ls /outside/project + backtick (outside project)
  • ❌ Blocked: ! + backtick + pwd + backtick (if referencing dirs outside project)

Read the full file on GitHub · 179 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2mo ago First seen · 179 lines · 6 tokens per session scan A 185396751644

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add-command is a command published in the GitHub repository wbern/agent-instructions (168 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 6 tokens to every session and 1,292 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.