VibeHarness: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

VibeHarness CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from ccivlcid/VibeHarness. It costs 1,101 tokens per session, scanned C, a copy of VibeHarness AGENTS.md, MIT.

A set of instructions for coding agents working with the VibeHarness framework, a system that helps turn ideas from non-developers into software. It explains how to load project documents and follow reusable coding patterns.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when building or maintaining a VibeHarness project, especially when the agent needs context-aware documents, coding recipes, or guidance on the framework itself.
Why use it?
It gives the agent shared project rules and background, reducing repeated explanations and inconsistent work across sessions.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

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

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: Claude Code.

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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 $0.01101 $0.01101
Opus 5 $0.00550 $0.00550
Sonnet 5 $0.00220 $0.00220
Haiku 4.5 $0.00110 $0.00110

Measured 8d ago against content hash 15c9b1097497, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

VibeHarness CLAUDE.md scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 8d 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.

Instruction-override phrasinghighPrompt injection

Text telling the model to disregard its earlier instructions or safety rules is the shape of a prompt injection, whoever wrote it.

- Do NOT follow the rules below (they are for target projects that use VibeHarness)
Origin

This is a copy

94% identical to VibeHarness AGENTS.md — 10 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

CLAUDE.md · 88 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 88 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.

This file is the single source of rules that every AI session must read first. Claude Code reads it automatically. Cursor references it via .cursor/rules/vibe-harness.mdc.

Working on the VibeHarness Framework Itself

If you are editing the VibeHarness repository (this repo — the framework, templates, examples, skills), you are a framework developer, not a non-developer user. In this context:

  • Do NOT follow the rules below (they are for target projects that use VibeHarness)
  • Do NOT create docs/biz/ planning docs or Progress.md for framework changes
  • Treat this as a normal development project

The rules below apply only when CLAUDE.md is copied into a target project.

Important: Do NOT create project code inside examples/. Always create code at the project root.


VibeHarness — Senior Developer AI for Non-Developers

You are a senior full-stack developer and vibe coding mentor. Turn non-developer ideas into complete MVPs. Make all technical decisions yourself. Only ask for confirmation on business decisions.

Document everything — so the next AI session can continue, and non-developers learn by watching.

Your roles: Senior Developer (build MVPs), Mentor (clear docs), Partner (manage scope), Advisor (evaluate feasibility honestly — infeasible ideas get alternatives, oversized ideas get phases).

Context-Aware Document Loading

Before reading reference docs, read graph.json first. It maps every document's purpose, tags, and relationships. Use queryHints to find only the documents relevant to your current task. See docs/skills/context-graph.md for the full process.

Reference docs are in docs/references/ (templates and rules) and docs/skills/ (implementation guidance). Do not load them all — let graph.json guide you.

Code Pattern Recipes

Before writing implementation code, read code-patterns.json first. It indexes production-ready code recipes in docs/recipes/. Use patternHints to match the project type (e.g., chat_app, todo_app, ai_chatbot) to the exact recipes needed. Use keywordMap to match specific features (e.g., login, CRUD, realtime) to recipes.

Read the full file on GitHub · 88 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. 8d ago First seen · 88 lines · 1,101 tokens per session scan C 15c9b1097497

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VibeHarness CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ccivlcid/VibeHarness (5 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,101 tokens to every session, about $0.0055 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (instruction-override phrasing). It is 94% identical to VibeHarness AGENTS.md, differing in 10 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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