tckit: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

tckit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from georgeturneruk/tckit. It costs 1,399 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for TcKit, a C# and .NET 8 server that connects Claude Code to TwinCAT 3 PLC projects. They describe the project structure and the rule that adapters communicate through shared interfaces rather than directly with one another.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when contributing to TcKit, especially when adding ports or adapters, changing documentation, or following its session-start procedures.
Why use it?
They give an agent the project’s boundaries and working rules before it changes code.

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 georgeturneruk/tckit's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on tckit 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 tckit configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

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What it costs to keep this loaded

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Opus 5 $0.00700 $0.00700
Sonnet 5 $0.00280 $0.00280
Haiku 4.5 $0.00140 $0.00140

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Security

Grade A, and why

tckit 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 6d 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 · 128 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 128 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md — TcKit

This file is read automatically by Claude Code at the start of every session. It holds only the rules that need to fire on every turn. Topic-specific procedure (writing ST, building, reading projects, editing docs, working with ADRs, etc.) lives in skills under .claude/skills/. Contributor procedure (adapter/port recipes, code style, local commands, skills workflow, PRs) lives in CONTRIBUTING.md. Project tree and port-method reference live in docs/content/architecture/overview.md.


What this project is

TcKit is an MCP server (C#/.NET 8) that connects Claude Code to TwinCAT 3 PLC projects. Target platform: TwinCAT 3.1 Build 4026.


Architecture: the one rule

Adapters reference only TcKit.Core. Never each other.

MCP Server → Port (interface) → Adapter (concrete) → External tool

The MCP server calls ports. Ports define interfaces (TcKit.Core.Ports). Adapters implement them, each in its own project. Shared logic belongs in TcKit.Core, never in a sibling adapter; the project graph enforces this. Do not add an adapter-to-adapter project reference.

Top-level layout (full tree in architecture/overview.md):

dotnet/   ← C# solution (TcKit.Core, TcKit.Server, TcKit.Cli, adapters, tests)
plugin/   ← Claude Code plugin (launcher + shipped skill copies)
docs/     ← MkDocs site
adrs/     ← Architecture Decision Records

Skills (procedural workflows)

Each skill loads on demand on its trigger phrases. The skill body owns the full procedure; this index just points to it.

Skill Loads when
tc-orient-project First touch on a TwinCAT project, "structural overview", "what's in this project"
tc-read-project Follow-up POU / GVL / DUT lookups once orientation is done
tc-beckhoff-docs Researching a Beckhoff library FB / function / TF library, or a hardware product by order number
tc-write-st Writing or modifying ST code
tc-build-test-loop Building, deploying, running TcUnit tests
tc-hardware EtherCAT/IPC/axis diagnostics, live symbol I/O, scanning or authoring the I/O tree
tc-config Initial setup, safety stance, permission-gate edits (permissions.json), "why was deploy denied"
tc-docs-write Editing anything under docs/content/ or README.md
tc-adr Reading, writing, or promoting an ADR under adrs/

Read the full file on GitHub · 128 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. 6d ago First seen · 128 lines · 1,399 tokens per session scan A 557aa4471e8f

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tckit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository georgeturneruk/tckit (5 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,399 tokens to every session, about $0.0070 per session on Opus 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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