counterpoise-ledger: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

counterpoise-ledger CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from jeffjjohnston/counterpoise-ledger. It costs 22,175 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for Counterpoise, a Next.js personal-finance app that uses double-entry accounting, investment tracking, PostgreSQL, login accounts, and Moneydance imports.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing Counterpoise, starting its database and development server, checking types and lint, or running unit and browser tests.
Why use it?
They give a coding agent the project context and the exact commands needed to run, check, build, and test the app.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; positional $N argument; mentions Claude Code.

This is jeffjjohnston/counterpoise-ledger's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on counterpoise-ledger 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 counterpoise-ledger configures →

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Borrowing it

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CLAUDE.md · 1,306 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

Counterpoise is a multi-book personal finance accounting application built with Next.js 16, implementing true double-entry bookkeeping with investment tracking. The app uses a PostgreSQL database for all data storage, supports user authentication, and includes a Moneydance import tool.

Development Commands

Essential Commands

docker volume create counterpoise_pgdata  # Create persistent data volume (first time only)
docker compose up -d      # Start PostgreSQL (required before dev/test)
npm run dev               # Start development server (http://localhost:3000)
npm run build             # Build for production
npm run lint              # Run ESLint
npx tsc --noEmit          # Type-check without emitting files

# Testing
npm run db:create-test-dbs # Create counterpoise_dev + per-worker test databases (one-time setup)
npm test                  # Run all unit tests with Vitest
npm run test:ui          # Run tests with interactive UI
npm run test:coverage    # Generate test coverage report
npm run test:e2e         # Run Playwright E2E tests

# Database
npm run db:generate      # Generate migrations from /db/schema.ts
npm run db:migrate       # Apply pending migrations to the database
npm run db:seed          # Seed database with sample data (destructive: resets entire DB)
npm run db:seed -- --book-id 2  # Seed into existing book (replaces book data only)
npm run db:rebuild-lots  # Regenerate investment lots from splits (guarded; --force to override)
npx drizzle-kit studio   # Open Drizzle Studio (database GUI, requires DATABASE_URL)

# MCP
npm run mcp:dev          # Start MCP server for AI access to accounting data

# MCP (Docker — production)
docker exec -i counterpoise-app-1 node /app/mcp-server.mjs  # Run MCP server via Docker

# Release & Deploy
./scripts/release.sh [patch|minor|major]  # Bump version, tag, push, create PR to main
./scripts/deploy.sh                       # Pull main, rebuild Docker, restart app

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counterpoise-ledger CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository jeffjjohnston/counterpoise-ledger (6 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 22,175 tokens to every session, about $0.1109 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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