Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.02237 | $0.02237 |
| Opus 5 | $0.01118 | $0.01118 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00447 | $0.00447 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00224 | $0.00224 |
Grade A, and why
dotnet-sherlock-mcp 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 8d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 139 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
This is a comprehensive .NET MCP (Model Context Protocol) server called "Sherlock MCP" that provides deep introspection capabilities for .NET assemblies. It uses advanced reflection techniques to give LLMs precise knowledge about .NET types, members, attributes, and documentation. The project includes a production-ready server, extensive runtime libraries, comprehensive testing, and performance optimizations.
Project Structure
src/Sherlock.MCP.slnx- Visual Studio solution file (XML format)src/server/Sherlock.MCP.Server.csproj- Main MCP server applicationsrc/runtime/Sherlock.MCP.Runtime.csproj- Core reflection and assembly discovery servicessrc/unit-tests/Sherlock.MCP.Tests.csproj- Unit tests for all functionality
Development Commands
dotnet build- Build the entire solutiondotnet run --project src/server- Run the MCP server with stdio transportdotnet test- Run all unit testsdotnet restore- Restore NuGet packages for all projects
Code Style Guidelines
- Single-line blocks: If the block of code is only one line and readability is not impaired, forego the braces.
- No inline comments: No need to comment what the code is doing in the code. The naming conventions should be descriptive enough.
- Use expression methods: Prefer expression methods when possible
- Use named parameters: Use named parameters when the parameter values might be confusing
Architecture Notes
This MCP server provides LLMs with comprehensive .NET reflection capabilities through several key architectural principles:
Assembly-First Discovery
Since the MCP server runs as a separate process, it cannot access the client's loaded assemblies. Instead, it provides 36 specialized tools for clients to:
- Discover assemblies using multiple strategies (project analysis, class name search, file system scanning)
- Load and analyze specific assemblies by path with efficient caching
- Deep introspection of types, members, attributes, and XML documentation
- Performance optimization through pagination, streaming, and response size validation
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.
- 8d ago First seen · 139 lines · 2,237 tokens per session scan A 06c67f9b01ed
dotnet-sherlock-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository jcucci/dotnet-sherlock-mcp (7 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,237 tokens to every session, about $0.0112 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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