my-claude-code-setup: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

my-claude-code-setup CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from centminmod/my-claude-code-setup. It costs 1,085 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A template repository for Claude Code projects, providing CLAUDE.md files, memory-bank files, hooks, skills, subagents, and MCP settings.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when starting or migrating a Claude Code setup, choosing a CLAUDE.md template, configuring project rules, or checking which shell tools and files agents should use.
Why use it?
It gives projects reusable instruction templates and explains required companion rules, helping agents follow consistent repository guidance.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents.

This is centminmod/my-claude-code-setup's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on my-claude-code-setup 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 my-claude-code-setup configures →

About the project

my-claude-code-setup is a starter configuration and memory-bank template for Claude Code, providing project guidance and reusable setup for Claude Code sessions. Developers use it to organize Claude Code behavior, memory, commands, skills, subagents, hooks, and settings. The catalogue entries are components of this Claude Code workflow.

centminmod/my-claude-code-setup · 2,682 stars · on GitHub · threads.com

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to centminmod/my-claude-code-setup. 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/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/master/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote 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.

agentmods badge for my-claude-code-setup CLAUDE.md

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/claude-md/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/claude-md)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/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.

agentmods 80×15 button for my-claude-code-setup CLAUDE.md

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 1,085 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 1,085 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 $0.01085 $0.01085
Opus 5.5 $0.00434 $0.00434
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00217 $0.00217
Haiku 4.5 $0.00109 $0.00109

Measured 1mo ago against content hash f4b104be87c6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

my-claude-code-setup 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.

CLAUDE.md · 99 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 99 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

Project Overview

  • Name: my-claude-code-setup
  • Description: Template repository providing CLAUDE.md templates, memory bank system, hooks, skills, subagents, and MCP server configurations for Claude Code projects
  • This is a template repo — no application code. Users fork/copy files to their own projects.

CLAUDE.md Templates

This repo provides 3 CLAUDE.md templates following official Anthropic best practices:

Template Lines Philosophy
CLAUDE-template-1.md ~101 Compact self-contained + memory resilience
CLAUDE-template-2.md ~153 Memory bank headline + dual memory
CLAUDE-template-3.md ~105 Progressive disclosure native (this file's format)

For migrating an existing CLAUDE.md to a new template, see CLAUDE-migrate-to-new-template.md.

Tools

Use rg not grep, fd not find. tree is not installed.

  • Ignore GEMINI.md and GEMINI-*.md files

Rules Dependency

This template requires .claude/rules/core-rules.md for behavioral rules. If .claude/rules/ is missing or empty, alert the user and direct them to https://github.com/centminmod/my-claude-code-setup to obtain the companion rules files.


Memory System

This project uses a dual-memory architecture:

Primary (git-shared): CLAUDE-*.md files in repo root — read on demand:

File Read When
CLAUDE-activeContext.md Session start (state and goals)
CLAUDE-patterns.md Before implementing (code patterns)
CLAUDE-decisions.md Before design choices (ADRs)
CLAUDE-troubleshooting.md When debugging (known fixes)
CLAUDE-config-variables.md When touching config

Shadow (machine-local): Native auto memory mirrors key content for resilience:

Read the full file on GitHub · 99 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 · 99 lines · 1,085 tokens per session scan A f4b104be87c6

Subscribe to this mod's changes

my-claude-code-setup CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository centminmod/my-claude-code-setup (2,682 stars, last pushed 19d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,085 tokens to every session, about $0.0043 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.

Related

Other instructions, from other repositories

vscode buildNext.instructions.md

Working notes and architecture documentation for the new esbuild-based build system in build/next. Use when making changes to the new build pipeline (transpile/bundle commands, NLS plugin, source-map handling, resource copying, or self-hosting watch tasks).

microsoft/vscode · 9,715 tokens

next.js AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md instructions for vercel/next.js, covering next.js development guide, codebase structure, monorepo overview, core package: packages/next and other important packages.

vercel/next.js · 7,786 tokens

vscode oss-third-party-notices.instructions.md

Instructions for microsoft/vscode, covering vs code oss third-party-notices pipeline, architecture, pipeline flow in ci, cache eligibility and rollout and applying the notice (cutover).

microsoft/vscode · 5,262 tokens

langchain AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md instructions for langchain-ai/langchain, covering global development guidelines for the langchain monorepo, corridor security analysis, project architecture and context, monorepo structure and development tools & commands.

langchain-ai/langchain · 4,680 tokens

vscode copilot-instructions.md

Copilot instructions for microsoft/vscode, covering vs code copilot instructions, project overview, root folders, core architecture (src/ folder) and built-in extensions (extensions/ folder).

microsoft/vscode · 2,731 tokens

deno copilot-instructions.md

Copilot instructions for denoland/deno, covering deno development guide for github copilot, network access, high level overview, key directories and key files to understand first.

denoland/deno · 3,077 tokens