instrMCP: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

instrMCP CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from caidish/instrMCP. It costs 2,640 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Development instructions for instrMCP, a Python project with unit and end-to-end tests. Unit tests check code in isolation, while end-to-end tests check complete workflows using browser automation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Setting up the project, activating its Conda environment, building the package, checking code quality, running unit tests, and carrying out browser-based tests when required.
Why use it?
It records the required development environment and the formatting, linting, type-checking, build, and testing commands needed for consistent work.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is caidish/instrMCP's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on instrMCP 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 instrMCP configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to caidish/instrMCP. 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
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Made for: Claude Code.

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CLAUDE.md · 226 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 226 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Development Commands

Environment Setup:

# Always use conda environment instrMCPdev for testing
source ~/miniforge3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && conda activate instrMCPdev

Package Management:

pip install -e .              # Install for development
pip install -e .[dev]         # With dev dependencies
python -m build               # Build package
instrmcp version              # Test installation

Code Quality (CI Requirements - see .github/workflows/lint.yml):

black --check instrmcp/ tests/                    # Format check (must pass)
flake8 instrmcp/ tests/ --select=E9,F63,F7,F82    # Critical errors only (must pass)
flake8 instrmcp/ tests/ --max-line-length=127     # Style warnings (non-blocking)
mypy instrmcp/ --ignore-missing-imports           # Type check (non-blocking)

Testing: (Only perform it when explicitly asked)

# Unit tests (fast, no hardware required - all mocked)
pytest tests/unit/                                  # All unit tests
pytest -v                                           # Verbose
pytest --cov=instrmcp --cov-report=html             # With coverage
pytest tests/unit/test_cache.py                     # Single file
pytest -k "test_cache_initialization"               # Single test by name
pytest tests/unit/test_cache.py::TestReadCache::test_cache_initialization  # Specific test

# E2E tests (requires Playwright and browser automation)
pytest tests/e2e/ -v                                # All E2E tests
pytest tests/e2e/test_01_server_lifecycle.py -v     # Specific E2E test file
pytest tests/e2e/ -v -m p0                          # Priority 0 (critical) tests only

# Playwright tests (metadata consistency checks)
pytest tests/playwright/ -v                         # Playwright-based tests
python tests/playwright/test_metadata_consistency.py --mode snapshot  # Update metadata snapshot

Important notes:

  • Some tests may stall indefinitely, set a reasonable timeout if needed
  • E2E tests launch real JupyterLab servers and use browser automation
  • CI excludes E2E and Playwright tests (they run separately or locally)
  • Supported Python versions: 3.11, 3.12, 3.13

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instrMCP CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository caidish/instrMCP (38 stars, last pushed 24d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,640 tokens to every session, about $0.0106 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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