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mcp-pickaxe: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

mcp-pickaxe CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-pickaxe. It costs 413 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for mcp-pickaxe, a TypeScript server that lets coding agents manage Pickaxe AI agents, knowledge bases, users, and analytics. They document its Node.js setup, tools, commands, and environment variables.

In plain words
What is it for?
Building, running, or reviewing the mcp-pickaxe MCP server and its connections to Pickaxe studios.
Why use it?
They give an agent the project structure and operating rules needed to change or run the server correctly.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-pickaxe's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on mcp-pickaxe 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 mcp-pickaxe configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-pickaxe. 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/aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-pickaxe/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-pickaxe

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When invoked 413 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 $0.00413 $0.00413
Opus 5.5 $0.00165 $0.00165
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00083 $0.00083
Haiku 4.5 $0.00041 $0.00041

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 32e7f549a231, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

mcp-pickaxe 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 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.md · 50 lines

What it actually says

CLAUDE.md - mcp-pickaxe

MCP server for managing Pickaxe AI agents, knowledge bases, users, and analytics.

Tech Stack

  • Language: TypeScript
  • Runtime: Node.js (ES modules)
  • Protocol: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Build: TypeScript compiler (tsc)

Architecture

src/
  index.ts          # Server, multi-studio config, all tool definitions and handlers

Development Commands

npm run build       # tsc
npm run dev         # tsx src/index.ts
npm start           # node dist/index.js

Environment Variables

Variable Required Description
PICKAXE_STUDIO_* Yes (at least one) API key per studio (e.g., PICKAXE_STUDIO_MAIN)
PICKAXE_DEFAULT_STUDIO No Default studio name when none specified

Tools (16)

Studios: studios_list Chat: chat_history Documents: doc_create, doc_list, doc_get, doc_delete, doc_connect, doc_disconnect Users: user_list, user_get, user_create, user_update, user_delete, user_invite Products: products_list Memory: memory_list, memory_get_user

Key Patterns

  • Uses Server class from MCP SDK (low-level API with setRequestHandler)
  • Multi-studio support via PICKAXE_STUDIO_* env var pattern
  • Every tool accepts optional studio param; getApiKey() resolves: explicit > default > single
  • executeTool() central switch dispatches to pickaxeRequest() API calls
  • Exits if no PICKAXE_STUDIO_* env vars found; studio names case-insensitive
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 · 50 lines · 413 tokens per session scan A 32e7f549a231

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mcp-pickaxe CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository aplaceforallmystuff/mcp-pickaxe (2 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 413 tokens to every session, about $0.0017 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 2026-08-31.

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