dwarves-kit: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

dwarves-kit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from dwarvesf/dwarves-kit. It costs 1,203 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for developing dwarves-kit itself, a Claude Code workflow toolkit with hooks, commands, subagents, and a skill. Its workflow moves from thinking and specification through execution, review, shipping, and retrospective.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when developing dwarves-kit, choosing its workflow stages, running its tests and verification pipeline, or understanding its repository structure.
Why use it?
It separates instructions for maintaining the toolkit from the template used by projects that consume it, and documents the commands, structure, and verification process.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is dwarvesf/dwarves-kit's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on dwarves-kit 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 dwarves-kit configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to dwarvesf/dwarves-kit. 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/dwarvesf/dwarves-kit/master/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dwarvesf/dwarves-kit

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CLAUDE.md · 71 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 71 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

Project instructions for working on dwarves-kit itself (the kit's own repo). If you are looking for the template to copy into a NEW project that consumes the kit, see examples/hello-spec/CLAUDE.md.

Project

dwarves-kit is a Claude Code workflow toolkit: hooks, slash commands, subagents, and a skill. Spec-driven lifecycle (/kit:think → /kit:spec → /kit:execute → /kit:review → /kit:ship → /kit:retro) with a verification pipeline (one builder → end verifiers → fix-agent retry, max 2). Distributed as a Claude Code plugin and as a bash installer. Maintainer: Han at Dwarves Foundation.

For component fit and data flow, read docs/architecture.md. For operator detail per command, how to drive the kit from natural language, and how to recover from hook misbehavior, read MANUAL.md. Design rejection rules live in docs/PHILOSOPHY.md and are load-bearing.

Tech stack

Layer Choice
Hook runtime bash + jq
Distribution Claude Code plugin (.claude-plugin/) + bash installer (install.sh + settings.json)
Tests bash (tests/test-hooks.sh for behavior, tests/test-meta.sh for structural integrity)
CI GitHub Actions, macOS + Ubuntu matrix

The kit deliberately uses no compiled binaries and no Node/Python in hooks (carve-out: statusline may use Node per PHILOSOPHY). Every script must be readable in 30 seconds.

Commands (for dev on the kit)

bash tests/test-hooks.sh      # hook behavior tests
bash tests/test-meta.sh       # structural integrity tests
bash install.sh               # install into ~/.claude/ (idempotent)
bash install.sh --uninstall   # clean removal
DWARVES_KIT_DEBUG=1 ...       # verbose hook logging on stderr

The kit ships its own slash commands (/kit:start ... /kit:retro ... /kit:kit-health). Working on the kit means dogfooding: write a spec for your change, dispatch the verification pipeline, ship through /kit:ship. The kit's commands are listed in MANUAL.md; do not duplicate the inventory here.

Read the full file on GitHub · 71 lines

Changes

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  1. 24d ago Changed · +1 tokens per session e11b29252fc9
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 71 lines · 1,202 tokens per session scan A f5bae312ac07

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dwarves-kit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository dwarvesf/dwarves-kit (12 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 1,203 tokens to every session, about $0.0048 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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