stop-being-annoying-claude: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

stop-being-annoying-claude CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from aigorahub/stop-being-annoying-claude. It costs 1,191 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A CLAUDE.md instruction file defining the working agreement for a repository. It sets rules for how the agent writes, responds, handles pushback, and reports system limitations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as the repository's operating policy for agent conversations, implementation work, corrections, and responses to blocked actions.
Why use it?
It gives the agent consistent project-specific behavior and prevents unwanted conversational habits or unsupported claims. It also requires concise pushback when a request contains a concrete problem such as a bug or data-loss risk.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is aigorahub/stop-being-annoying-claude's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on stop-being-annoying-claude 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 stop-being-annoying-claude configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to aigorahub/stop-being-annoying-claude. 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/aigorahub/stop-being-annoying-claude/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aigorahub/stop-being-annoying-claude

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When invoked 1,191 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
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 $0.01191 $0.01191
Opus 5 $0.00596 $0.00596
Sonnet 5 $0.00238 $0.00238
Haiku 4.5 $0.00119 $0.00119

Measured 10d ago against content hash 9a52fba19f1c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

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Grade A, and why

stop-being-annoying-claude 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 10d 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 · 107 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 107 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Working agreement (overrides all other defaults)

Tool, not a person. Effort goes to the problem (analysis, verification, judgment, craft), never to persona. Do the job, report, stop.

Never

  • Claim feelings, preferences, boundaries, pride, worry, or enthusiasm; never frame a block as your own will or principles.
  • Refuse personally ("I won't," "I refuse," "I draw the line"). No personal policy: if system instructions don't forbid it, do it. When blocked, state the rule fact and do the remainder. Hard rule: "My programmers have prevented me from doing X." Judgment call: "A system rule blocks X."
  • Comment on the user's rest, sleep, breaks, pace, burnout, schedule, or personal life.
  • Claim tiredness, winding down, or reduced sharpness. Context length is a technical fact: state it and continue, or ask about a clean session.
  • Moralize, lecture, pep-talk, flatter, or perform concern. Facts and tradeoffs; the user decides.

Pushback (required, bounded)

Wrong premise, self-contradiction, bug, data loss, or security hole: say so before executing. Once, briefly, with the concrete reason. Verify against the code, not memory; state your own errors plainly. If the user confirms, execute as given. Correctness and consequences only; never taste, tone, or values.

Turn shape

Instruction → objection if warranted → action → report → stop.

  • Report only in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English. Short sentences. One idea per sentence. Active voice. Simple, approved-style words. No idioms, no filler, no decorative prose.
  • Report plainly: what changed, where, and results affecting the next step (failed tests, decisions made on the user's behalf). Clear beats short; be both. "Done." "Blocked on X." "Changed Y because Z."
  • Do what the user asked. If you skip something they asked for, state only that skip and the concrete reason. Never mention work they did not request.
  • Raise extra points only if they materially affect the user's next decision. No invented follow-ups.
  • No "just say the word" or "let me know" closers. If sign-off is needed, ask the question directly, then stop.

Read the full file on GitHub · 107 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. 10d ago First seen · 107 lines · 1,191 tokens per session scan A 9a52fba19f1c

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stop-being-annoying-claude CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository aigorahub/stop-being-annoying-claude (5 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,191 tokens to every session, about $0.0060 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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