Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to awattar/claude-code-best-practices. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awattar/claude-code-best-practices/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/awattar/claude-code-best-practicesWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/awattar/claude-code-best-practices/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/awattar/claude-code-best-practices/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/awattar/claude-code-best-practices/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/awattar/claude-code-best-practices/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/awattar/claude-code-best-practices/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.02327 | $0.02327 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00931 | $0.00931 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00465 | $0.00465 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00233 | $0.00233 |
Grade A, and why
claude-code-best-practices 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 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.
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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 274 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Claude Code Best Practices - Project Guide
Overview
This is a documentation repository focusing on Claude Code best practices, patterns, and real-world usage examples. The project serves as a comprehensive guide for developers looking to integrate Claude Code into their terminal-based coding workflows effectively.
Project Type
Documentation / Knowledge Repository with Custom Claude Code Commands.
Quick Start
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd claude-code-best-practices
# Read the main documentation
cat README.md
# View available custom commands
ls .claude/commands/
# Get help with custom commands
/help-commands # View all available commands and usage
# Use custom commands (examples)
/commit # Create conventional commits
/custom-init # Initialize CLAUDE.md for any project
/issue <number> # Work on GitHub issues
/reviewpr <number> # Review pull requests
/test <scope> # Run and improve tests
Architecture
Project Structure
claude-code-best-practices/
├── LICENSE # MIT License
├── README.md # Main documentation with best practices
├── .gitmessage # Git commit message template
├── .github/ # GitHub templates and workflows
│ ├── pull_request_template.md # Standardized PR template
│ └── COMMIT_CONVENTION.md # Commit best practices guide
└── .claude/ # Claude Code configuration
├── settings.json # Permissions + hooks (project scope)
├── commands/ # Custom slash commands
│ ├── commit.md # Conventional commit helper
│ ├── custom-init.md # CLAUDE.md generation command
│ ├── help-commands.md # Command help and usage guide
│ ├── issue.md # GitHub issue workflow
│ ├── reviewpr.md # Pull request review tool
│ └── test.md # Test suite management
├── agents/ # Specialized AI agents
│ ├── general-backend-developer.md
│ ├── general-code-quality-debugger.md
│ ├── general-devops.md
│ ├── general-frontend-developer.md
│ ├── general-fullstack-developer.md
│ ├── general-pm.md
│ ├── general-qa.md
│ ├── general-solution-architect.md
│ ├── general-technical-project-lead.md
│ └── general-technical-writer.md
└── skills/ # Model-invoked skills
└── conventional-commits/
└── SKILL.md # Auto-enforces commit convention
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 274 lines · 2,327 tokens per session scan A e0e383eb7a84
claude-code-best-practices CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository awattar/claude-code-best-practices (262 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,327 tokens to every session, about $0.0093 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 2026-08-30.
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