What is mental-wellness-prompts CLAUDE.md?

A repository guide for Claude Code for a collection of tested templates for AI mental-wellness conversations. It explains the project files, safety boundaries, and implementation guidance; CBT, DBT, and ACT are therapy approaches used as reference frameworks.

Finding the main conversation templates, configuring tone and style, implementing safety protocols, and understanding the project documentation.

It helps developers work with the templates without treating them as medical treatment, while keeping safety, crisis handling, and professional referrals in view.

How joebwd/mental-wellness-prompts configures Claude Code

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Opus 5.5	$0.00892	$0.00892
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00446	$0.00446
Haiku 4.5	$0.00223	$0.00223

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mental-wellness-prompts 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 2mo ago.

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CLAUDE.md · 213 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 213 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

Version 1.1 | November 2025

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

Repository Purpose

This is a collection of battle-tested, implementation-focused templates for AI-powered mental wellness support conversations. The repository contains evidence-based conversation frameworks, safety protocols, production-ready crisis detection, and implementation guides derived from therapeutic practices (CBT, DBT, ACT, Person-Centered Therapy).

Developed through 12+ months of systematic testing at Yara AI (October 2024-October 2025), now open-sourced for public benefit.

Critical Context: These templates are for supporting mental wellness conversations, NOT for therapy or medical treatment. They emphasize safety, boundaries, and appropriate referral to professional services.

Core Files Overview

Primary Templates

mental_wellness_conversation_guide.md - Core conversation framework with v1.1 CRITICAL flags for brevity, jargon avoidance, post-crisis mode
tone_style_configuration.md - Detailed tone/style settings with enhanced jargon replacement and welcome message guidance
safety_crisis_resources.md - Critical safety protocols, crisis recognition phrases, regional crisis resources, and professional boundary guidelines
sample_pathway_sleep.md - Example structured pathway showing multi-conversation approach to sleep challenges
sample_pathway_anxiety.md - Example pathway for anxiety support

Development & Implementation Documentation

README.md - Implementation guide, ethical considerations, use cases, platform-specific setup instructions
EVOLUTION.md - Development story: why each rule exists, real examples, regulatory context (Illinois HB1806)
TESTING.md - Automated validation framework to ensure compliance and catch drift
IMPROVEMENTS.md - v1.1 enhancements documentation
ARCHITECTURE.md - Multi-agent supervisor patterns with working Python code
FAILED_APPROACHES.md - What didn't work and why (learning from failures)

Read the full file on GitHub · 213 lines

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mental-wellness-prompts CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository joebwd/mental-wellness-prompts (231 stars, last pushed 15d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,231 tokens to every session, about $0.0089 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 2026-08-30.

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