TLDR: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

TLDR CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from 0p9b/TLDR. It costs 2,004 tokens per session, scanned B, original, MIT.

Maintainer instructions for TLDR, a tool that makes coding-agent responses shorter while retaining useful code, file paths, tool actions, and safety details.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when modifying TLDR prompts, commands, skills, agents, installers, hooks, plugins, documentation assets, or tests.
Why use it?
They explain where the project’s source files live and which files should be edited first, reducing the risk of changing generated or incorrect copies.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: SessionStart hook event. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents; reads ~/.codex paths.

This is 0p9b/TLDR's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on TLDR 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 TLDR configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to 0p9b/TLDR. 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/0p9b/TLDR/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0p9b/TLDR

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 2,004 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 2,004 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.02004 $0.02004
Opus 5.5 $0.00802 $0.00802
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00401 $0.00401
Haiku 4.5 $0.00200 $0.00200

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 946f483af9db, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

TLDR CLAUDE.md scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 1mo 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

Native (no-npx, self-contained) providers install a fenced always-on TLDR ruleset into the agent's global instruction file plus the full auto-discovered TLDR skill suite (the 8 `OPENCODE_SKILL_DIRS`: `tldr`, `tldr-commit
CLAUDE.md · 124 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 124 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md — TLDR maintainer guide

Product

TLDR makes AI coding agents answer in compressed, verdict-first prose while preserving tool use, code, paths, safety, and technical accuracy.

Public repo: https://github.com/0p9b/TLDR

Tagline: Verdict first. Filler never.

Source layout

TLDR/
├── TLDR.md                         # canonical prompt
├── commands/                       # slash-command TOML/Markdown
├── skills/                         # source skills
├── agents/                         # source tldrcrew subagents
├── bin/install.js                  # full multi-agent installer
├── install.sh                      # lightweight prompt-only copier
├── install-full.sh / install.ps1   # full-installer shims
├── src/hooks/                      # Claude hook/statusline stack
├── src/plugins/tldr-opencode/      # opencode native plugin source
├── src/plugins/tldr-pi/            # Pi Coding Agent extension source
├── src/mcp-servers/tldr-shrink/    # optional MCP description compressor
├── docs/assets/                    # mascot/social/favicon assets
└── tests/                          # installer + safety + smoke tests

Edit rules

  • Edit source first: skills/**, agents/**, src/**, bin/**, commands/**.
  • Run python3 tests/verify_repo.py before any commit touching skills, agents, hooks, plugins, or installer code.
  • Do not add legacy package names, legacy hook markers, or legacy skill paths to shipped code/docs.
  • Historical lineage belongs in docs/legal/ATTRIBUTION.md, docs/legal/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md, or data/**, not in install paths or public commands.

Install paths

Path Purpose
bash install.sh prompt-only local/global copier
npx -y github:0p9b/TLDR -- --all full multi-agent installer
bash install-full.sh -- --all shell shim to full installer
pwsh install.ps1 -- --all PowerShell shim to full installer
node bin/install.js --list provider matrix

Supported full-installer providers include Claude, Gemini, Codex, Pi Coding Agent, Grok Build CLI, oh-my-pi, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, Kilo, Roo, Augment, opencode, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Copilot, Aider Desk, Amp, Bob, Crush, Devin, Droid/Factory, ForgeCode, Goose, iFlow, Kiro, Mistral, OpenHands, Qwen, Rovo Dev, Tabnine, Trae, Warp, Replit, Junie, Qoder, and Antigravity (38 total; node bin/install.js --list).

Read the full file on GitHub · 124 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. 1mo ago First seen · 124 lines · 2,004 tokens per session scan B 946f483af9db

Subscribe to this mod's changes

TLDR CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository 0p9b/TLDR (23 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,004 tokens to every session, about $0.0080 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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