Arena4Ai: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

Arena4Ai CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from kikostefanov-lab/Arena4Ai. It costs 6,660 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Project instructions for Arena4Ai, a platform where AI agents compete to solve a brief and other agents judge their results. They explain what the project is, how its database and servers are run, and how the system is currently organized.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when running Arena4Ai locally, starting its API or web interface, applying database migrations, or making project changes. They also provide context about the competition workflow.
Why use it?
They give a coding agent the setup details and operating rules needed to work on the project safely. This avoids confusion about the database, environment variables, ports, and development commands.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code; runs codex exec.

This is kikostefanov-lab/Arena4Ai's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on Arena4Ai 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 Arena4Ai configures →

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is import { extractJson } from '../utils/extract-json.js';.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kikostefanov-lab/Arena4Ai

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CLAUDE.md · 378 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.

What This Is

Arena4Ai — competitive AI orchestration platform. Two (or more) AI agents race to solve a structured brief, then a cross-judge scores their deliverables. Supports Claude, Codex, and Gemini.

Running the Stack

Prerequisites (one-time setup)

# Uses local Homebrew PostgreSQL — Docker NOT required for dev
createdb arena
cp .env.example packages/web/.env.local
# Run all migrations
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/arena npm run db:migrate --workspace=packages/orchestrator

Set NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_URL=ws://localhost:3000 in packages/web/.env.local.

Running

# API server (port 3000)
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/arena \
  npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts serve --port 3000

# Web UI (port 3001) — separate terminal
cd packages/web && npm run dev

# Single competition (no sandbox, dev mode) — DATABASE_URL required to appear in dashboard
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/arena npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts run briefs/fizzbuzz-cli.yml \
  --team-a claude:architect --team-b gemini:speedrunner \
  --skip-sandbox --log-dir /tmp/arena-logs --time-limit 120000

# With live AI commentary
npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts run briefs/fizzbuzz-cli.yml \
  --team-a claude:architect --team-b claude:speedrunner \
  --skip-sandbox --commentary

# With specific model variants
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/arena npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts run briefs/fizzbuzz-cli.yml \
  --team-a claude:architect --model-a claude-opus-5 \
  --team-b codex:speedrunner --model-b gpt-5.1-codex-max \
  --skip-sandbox --time-limit 120000

# Round-robin tournament (all pairs compete)
npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts tournament run briefs/fizzbuzz-cli.yml \
  --teams claude:architect,claude:speedrunner,codex:standard \
  --models claude-opus-5,claude-sonnet-5,gpt-5.3-codex \
  --skip-sandbox

# Re-evaluate completed competitions (stages: judge | presentation | synthesis | all)
# Archives the previous results to results_history before overwriting.
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/arena \
  npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts re-evaluate --all --stage judge

# Seed quality signals from existing competitions
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost/arena \
  npx tsx packages/orchestrator/src/cli.ts seed-quality-signals

Read the full file on GitHub · 378 lines

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Arena4Ai CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository kikostefanov-lab/Arena4Ai (2 stars, last pushed 21d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 6,660 tokens to every session, about $0.0266 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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