claude-workbench: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

claude-workbench CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from eqms/claude-workbench. It costs 7,804 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for claude-workbench, a Rust terminal application that combines a file browser, preview pane, and several embedded command-line sessions. It also documents the project’s development and release setup.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when modifying claude-workbench, understanding its terminal interface and components, following its development workflow, or pushing changes to both configured remotes.
Why use it?
It gives coding agents the project context and rules needed to work consistently, including development commands and the requirement to keep two Git repositories in sync.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is eqms/claude-workbench's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on claude-workbench 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 claude-workbench configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: Claude Code.

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Nothing flagged

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CLAUDE.md · 619 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 619 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.

Project Overview

A Rust-based TUI (Terminal User Interface) multiplexer called "claude-workbench" that provides an integrated development environment with:

  • File browser with preview pane
  • Multiple embedded PTY terminals (Claude Code, LazyGit, User Terminal)
  • Mouse and keyboard navigation
  • Scrollback support for terminal panes

Built with Ratatui (TUI framework), Crossterm (terminal handling), and portable-pty (pseudo-terminal).

Git Push Strategy

IMPORTANT: This repository uses dual-remote push strategy. Always push to both remotes:

git push origin main      # GitLab: gitlab.ownerp.io
git push upstream main    # GitHub: github.com/eqms/claude-workbench.git

Both repositories must be kept in sync for all commits. This ensures the project is available as Open Source on GitHub with pre-built binaries via GitHub Actions.

Remotes:

Remote URL Purpose
origin [email protected]:ki/workbench.git Primary development
upstream [email protected]:eqms/claude-workbench.git Open Source distribution

Development Commands

Build and Run

# Build the project
cargo build

# Run in development mode
cargo run

# Build release version
cargo build --release

# Run release version
cargo run --release

# Run with custom config
cargo run -- --config path/to/config.yaml

Testing

# Run all tests
cargo test

# Run specific test
cargo test test_name

# Run tests with output
cargo test -- --nocapture

Code Quality

# Check code without building
cargo check

# Run clippy linter
cargo clippy

# Format code
cargo fmt

# Check formatting
cargo fmt -- --check

Architecture

Core Components

App State (src/app.rs)

  • Main application struct holding all state
  • Manages 5 panes: FileBrowser, Preview, Claude, LazyGit, Terminal
  • Event loop with 16ms polling for responsive UI
  • Mouse and keyboard event routing based on active pane
  • PTY synchronization: syncs cd commands to Terminal and Claude panes when directory changes

Read the full file on GitHub · 619 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. 2mo ago First seen · 619 lines · 7,804 tokens per session scan A 7b0f840b7431

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claude-workbench CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository eqms/claude-workbench (2 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 7,804 tokens to every session, about $0.0312 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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