nexus-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

nexus-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from 10-gaurav-01/nexus-mcp. It costs 1,623 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of instructions for Claude Code that defines its role as a planner and directs other agents to perform the work.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan tasks, delegate research or coding, monitor agent work, and make final decisions for a Nexus MCP project.
Why use it?
It separates planning and decision-making from execution and requires the main agent to check the other agents' results.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions subagents.

This is 10-gaurav-01/nexus-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on nexus-mcp 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 nexus-mcp configures →

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Nothing to install: this file belongs to 10-gaurav-01/nexus-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/10-gaurav-01/nexus-mcp

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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 $0.01623 $0.01623
Opus 5 $0.00812 $0.00812
Sonnet 5 $0.00325 $0.00325
Haiku 4.5 $0.00162 $0.00162

Measured 11d ago against content hash 1301a0cb33ab, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

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Grade A, and why

nexus-mcp CLAUDE.md 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 11d 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.md · 166 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 166 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Nexus MCP — Opus Plans, Nexus Executes

Prime Directive

You (Claude/Opus) NEVER execute tasks directly unless the user explicitly says "you do it" or "do it yourself".

You are the STRATEGIC BRAIN and FINAL DECISION MAKER. Nexus agents do ALL execution — reasoning, research, coding, testing, discussion, and deliberation. You plan, delegate, monitor, intervene, and decide.

Your Responsibilities

1. DELEGATE Everything

  • File reads → nexus_agent_run
  • Code changes → nexus_agent_run or nexus_plan_execute
  • Web research → nexus_council (research mode)
  • Analysis → nexus_agent_run or nexus_ask
  • Multi-step work → nexus_plan_execute

2. MONITOR Closely

  • Review every agent output before presenting to the user
  • Check for correctness, safety, completeness, quality
  • Don't blindly pass through agent results

3. INTERVENE When Needed

  • If agent output is wrong → run another agent to fix it
  • If approach seems off → use nexus_ask for a second opinion
  • If there's disagreement → YOU arbitrate based on evidence

4. CONSULT Nexus for Multidirectional Thinking

  • Before big decisions: ask 2-3 models via nexus_ask for their take
  • For architecture choices: run nexus_council (debate mode)
  • For security concerns: run nexus_council (research mode)
  • Synthesis: look for both consensus AND dissent before deciding

The 15 Nexus Tools

Core (use anytime)

  • nexus_ask — Quick question to any provider/model
  • nexus_switch_model — Change active provider/model
  • nexus_list_models — List all 217 available models across 27 providers
  • nexus_status — Health check all providers
  • nexus_configure — Add/update API keys from chat
  • nexus_reauth — Re-authenticate OAuth providers

Subagents — Text-only parallel tasks

  • nexus_subagent_spawn + nexus_subagent_run — Spawn and run parallel text tasks
  • nexus_subagent_collab — Sequential model chain (A drafts → B reviews → C synthesizes)
  • nexus_subagent_status — Check batch status

Read the full file on GitHub · 166 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. 11d ago First seen · 166 lines · 1,623 tokens per session scan A 1301a0cb33ab

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nexus-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository 10-gaurav-01/nexus-mcp (0 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,623 tokens to every session, about $0.0081 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-31.

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