context-cli: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

context-cli CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from hanselhansel/context-cli. It costs 2,591 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of project instructions for Context CLI, a command-line software project. It defines the required work process, tools, architecture checks, tests, and release steps.

In plain words
What is it for?
Guiding work on Context CLI, including testing, linting, type checking, coverage verification, commits, versioning, and context management.
Why use it?
It gives the coding agent clear project rules to follow during development. TDD means writing tests before the code, while hooks are automatic checks that run during the workflow.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: PostToolUse hook event.

This is hanselhansel/context-cli's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on context-cli 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 context-cli configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: Claude Code.

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Grade A, and why

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CLAUDE.md · 185 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 185 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Context CLI v2.0.0 — CRITICAL CONTEXT

Scoring: Content=40 | Robots=25 | Schema=25 | llms.txt=10 (total=100) Bots: GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, Google-Extended, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Amazonbot, OAI-SearchBot + 6 more Commands: pytest | ruff check src/ tests/ | mypy src/ | make ci CURRENT PHASE: 2.0.0 (Rebrand — pivot from Context CLI to Context CLI) AGENT TEAMS: MANDATORY for ALL phases. No exceptions. See "Agent Teams" section below.

Session Workflow (MANDATORY — enforced by hooks)

  1. TEST — Write comprehensive tests FIRST (TDD, 100% coverage)
  2. CODE — Implement minimum to pass tests
  3. REFACTOR — Clean up: split large files (>300 LOC), extract modules, simplify
  4. LINT — Auto-lint via PostToolUse hook on every file change
  5. VERIFY — pytest --cov=context_cli --cov-fail-under=100 (100% mandatory)
  6. COMMIT — git add + git commit + git push origin main (every green feature) 6.5. README — If releasing a version: update README Features, CLI Usage, and Bots sections
  7. VERSION — Patch bump + tag + push when feature is significant
  8. CONTEXT — Check /context; if >70% → /compact 8.5. AGENTS — If session resumes with active worktrees: check agent branches for commits, merge completed work, clean up worktrees

Versioning

Minor bump per phase: 0.3.0(A1) → 0.4.0(A2) → 0.5.0(A3) → 0.6.0(A4) → 0.7.0(B0) → 0.8.0(B1) → 0.9.0(B2) → 0.10.0(B3) → 0.11.0(B4) → 0.12.0(B5) → 1.0.0 → 2.0.0(Rebrand) Patch within phases (2.0.1, 2.0.2, ...). Every v* tag auto-publishes to PyPI.

--- END CRITICAL HEADER (above MUST survive compaction) ---

Tech Stack

  • Language: Python 3.10+
  • CLI: Typer + Rich
  • HTTP: httpx (async) with retry logic
  • HTML parsing: BeautifulSoup4
  • Crawling: crawl4ai (headless browser)
  • Data models: Pydantic v2
  • MCP server: FastMCP
  • Testing: pytest + pytest-asyncio + pytest-cov
  • Linting: Ruff (line-length=100)
  • Type checking: mypy (with Pydantic plugin)
  • CI: GitHub Actions (test + lint + mypy, Python 3.10/3.11/3.12 matrix)

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context-cli CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository hanselhansel/context-cli (4 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,591 tokens to every session, about $0.0104 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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