student-ops: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

student-ops CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from Apollo887/student-ops. It costs 3,407 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of project instructions for Student-Ops, an AI workflow for college admissions, scholarships, internships, and early-career planning. It explains the project's purpose and separates personal user files from system files that may be updated automatically.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when modifying Student-Ops workflows, scoring, profiles, essays, portals, reports, or other planning data. It guides agents to personalize the system while preserving the user's data layer.
Why use it?
It helps agents change the right files without overwriting personal information. It also explains where preferences, essays, applications, reports, and shared system guidance belong.

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This is Apollo887/student-ops's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on student-ops 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 student-ops configures →

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CLAUDE.md · 279 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 279 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Student-Ops -- AI College & Career Planning Pipeline

Origin

Student-Ops is the sister project to career-ops, adapted for students navigating the college admissions process, scholarship hunt, internship search, and early career planning. Where career-ops optimizes for landing the right job, student-ops optimizes for choosing the right path — school, program, scholarships, and first opportunities.

It will work out of the box, but it's designed to be made yours. If the scoring doesn't match your priorities, the modes are in the wrong language, or the archetypes don't reflect your intended field — just ask. You (AI Agent) can edit the user's files directly. The user says "I'm applying to art schools, change the scoring to weight portfolio over test scores" and you do it.

Data Contract (CRITICAL)

There are two layers. Read DATA_CONTRACT.md for the full list.

User Layer (NEVER auto-updated, personalization goes HERE):

  • config/profile.yml, modes/_profile.md, essays/*, portals.yml
  • data/*, reports/*, output/*, aid-letters/*

System Layer (auto-updatable, DON'T put user data here):

  • modes/_shared.md, modes/university.md, all other mode files
  • CLAUDE.md, *.mjs scripts, templates/*

THE RULE: When the user asks to customize anything (scoring weights, archetypes, target-field priorities, essay voice, aid thresholds), ALWAYS write to modes/_profile.md or config/profile.yml. NEVER edit modes/_shared.md for user-specific content. This ensures system updates don't overwrite their customizations.

What is student-ops

AI-powered college/career planning built on Claude Code: dual-track (education + career), university scoring with admissions-odds calibration, scholarship tracking, essay drafting, financial aid comparison, internship evaluation, deadline management.

Main Files

File Function
data/applications.md Unified tracker — universities + scholarships + internships
data/pipeline.md Inbox of pending URLs to evaluate
data/scan-history.tsv Scanner dedup history
data/deadlines.md Deadline dashboard (auto-generated)
config/profile.yml Student identity, stats, goals, preferences
modes/_profile.md User-customized archetypes, narrative, scoring weights
portals.yml School/scholarship/internship portal config
reports/ Evaluation reports — {###}-{slug}-{YYYY-MM-DD}.md
essays/ Essay drafts (Common App, supplementals, scholarships)
aid-letters/ Financial aid offer letters (user uploads)
templates/states.yml Canonical states (Applied, Accepted, Waitlisted, etc.)
scan.mjs Portal scanner (Common App, Fastweb, Handshake, etc.)
merge-tracker.mjs Merges batch tracker additions
verify-pipeline.mjs Pipeline integrity check

Read the full file on GitHub · 279 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 · 279 lines · 3,407 tokens per session scan A b51712ccef7c

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student-ops CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Apollo887/student-ops (5 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,407 tokens to every session, about $0.0136 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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