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CLAUDE.md

knowns CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from knowns-dev/knowns. It costs 467 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A lightweight compatibility guide for Claude Code and other AI assistants working with Knowns, a repository memory and workflow system.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to initialise project context, search and retrieve Knowns content, follow repository rules, and use structured code-editing operations.
Why use it?
It directs agents to the project's canonical records and helps them find relevant information before changing code or documents.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

This is knowns-dev/knowns's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on knowns 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 knowns configures →

not rated 251repo +1 changed 1mo ago A scan 467 tokens original MIT
View source ↗ knowns-dev/knowns knowns.sh
Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 467 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 467 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00467 $0.00467
Opus 5.5 $0.00187 $0.00187
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00093 $0.00093
Haiku 4.5 $0.00047 $0.00047

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 2846041c91d6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

knowns 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 1mo 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.

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What it actually says

CLAUDE

Compatibility entrypoint for runtimes that auto-detect CLAUDE.md.

CRITICAL: Start with Knowns MCP initial when available. Use help("tool.*") or help("workflow.*") for domain details on demand.

Runtime Guidance

  • Knowns is the repository memory layer for humans and the AI-friendly working layer for agents.
  • MCP initial is the primary AI bootstrap: project state, tool domains, code rules, and workflow routing.
  • MCP help is the primary on-demand source for action schemas and recipes.
  • Treat this file only as a lightweight compatibility entrypoint.

Minimum Rules

  • Use Knowns as the canonical system for tasks, docs, templates, and workflow state.
  • Never manually edit Knowns-managed task or doc markdown.
  • Search first, then read only relevant docs and code.
  • Use search for discovery; use MCP retrieve tool when a workflow needs structured context with citations. Fall back to CLI knowns retrieve if MCP is unavailable.
  • For code operations, use code tool: find/symbols for structure, references/definition for navigation, rename/replace/replace_body/insert/delete for editing. Use help("code.*") or help("workflow.code-edit") for details.
  • Plan before implementation unless the user explicitly overrides that workflow.
  • Validate before considering work complete.
  • Use memory tools: memory({ action: "list" }) at session start, memory({ action: "add" }) after tasks for reusable knowledge.
  • Proactively capture durable memory when scope and durability are clear.

Quick Reference

knowns doc list --plain               # List docs
knowns task list --plain              # List tasks
knowns task <id> --plain              # View task
knowns doc "<path>" --plain --smart  # View doc
knowns search "query" --plain        # Search docs/tasks
knowns retrieve "query" --json      # Retrieve structured context pack (CLI fallback)
Changes

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.

  1. 1mo ago Changed · -138 lines · -1,321 tokens per session scan C → A 2846041c91d6
  2. 2mo ago First seen · 178 lines · 1,788 tokens per session scan C 6febedc1feac

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knowns CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository knowns-dev/knowns (251 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 467 tokens to every session, about $0.0019 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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