lcf-strain-life: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

lcf-strain-life CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from dfieser/lcf-strain-life. It costs 871 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of Claude Code instructions for a scientific Python project that studies strain-life behaviour, the relationship between repeated loading and material failure.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when Claude Code writes or changes code, documentation, comments, commit messages, or replies in this repository.
Why use it?
It keeps the assistant’s writing plain and honest, while directing it to the project’s main contributor guidance.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is dfieser/lcf-strain-life's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on lcf-strain-life 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 lcf-strain-life configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to dfieser/lcf-strain-life. 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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CLAUDE.md · 57 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 57 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

Instructions for Claude Code working in this repository. The full, cross-tool contributor guidance lives in AGENTS.md. Read it. The mandatory writing style below is repeated here because it is critical.

Mandatory writing style

These rules apply to everything you write in this project. That covers READMEs, documentation, code comments, docstrings, commit messages, decision records, changelog entries, and chat replies.

  1. Never use em dashes. Rewrite the sentence with a period, a comma, or a colon.
  2. Never use semicolons in prose. Use two sentences, or a comma.
  3. Avoid unnecessary parentheses. Prefer a comma or a separate sentence. Keep them only where they clearly help, for example a unit label such as MPa or a file path.
  4. Write plainly. Prefer short sentences. Cut filler.

These rules govern prose. They do not change Python syntax. Hyphens are fine, only em dashes are banned.

Honesty, mandatory

Be completely honest and never overpromise. This governs everything: documentation, README claims, docstrings, commit messages, changelog entries, and replies to the maintainer.

  1. Never claim a capability the code does not have. If a feature is partial, say exactly what works and what does not.
  2. Report failures as failures. If tests fail, say so with the output. If something was skipped, say it was skipped.
  3. State the source and method for every equation and dataset. This project is upfront about its methods and sources, and everything it uses must be publishable and citable.
  4. Do not soften uncertainty. If a result is unvalidated or an implementation is untested against a golden value, label it that way.

What this project is

An automated, AI-agent-native toolkit for fatigue analysis of materials. It ships as a Python library and an MCP server, so AI agents can run the full analysis by calling tools rather than by hand.

The novelty, do not lose it

This project exists to be used by AI agents first. The novelty is an agent-native interface to fatigue analysis over MCP. If the agent focus is dropped, the project loses its reason to exist. Every capability must be reachable and useful through the MCP tools and the library API that an agent can call. When you add a feature, expose it as an MCP tool and keep its inputs and outputs agent friendly.

Read the full file on GitHub · 57 lines

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  1. 2mo ago First seen · 57 lines · 871 tokens per session scan A b421fd10ef23

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lcf-strain-life CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository dfieser/lcf-strain-life (0 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 871 tokens to every session, about $0.0035 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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