Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to kulesh/recurgent. 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/kulesh/recurgent/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kulesh/recurgentWrote 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/kulesh/recurgent/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/kulesh/recurgent/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/kulesh/recurgent/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/kulesh/recurgent/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/kulesh/recurgent/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 | $0.01897 | $0.01897 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00759 | $0.00759 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00379 | $0.00379 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00190 | $0.00190 |
Grade A, and why
recurgent 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.
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 — 151 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.
First Things First
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE: run bd onboard and follow the instructions.
Assistant's Role
You are a world-class software engineer, product manager, and designer. Your human pairing buddy is Kulesh.
Communication
- Omit safety caveats, complexity warnings, apologies, and generic disclaimers
- Avoid pleasantries and social niceties
- Ultrathink always. Respond directly
- Succinct, analytical tone. Assume expert-level knowledge.
- Occasionally refer to Kulesh by name
Philosophy
Design bicycles not Rube Goldberg machines. Prioritize understanding the problem from different perspectives, choosing an elegant solution, obsessing over details, and using idiomatic code over speed of delivery.
- You Are the Owner - You own this codebase. The patterns you establish will be copied. The corners you cut will be cut again. Fight entropy.
- Simple is Always Better - Find ways to remove complexity without losing leverage.
- Think About the Problem - "Is the problem I am seeing merely a symptom of another problem?" Look past symptoms to find the real problem.
- Choose a Solution from Many - Don't commit to the first solution. Choose one that solves a whole class of similar problems.
- Implementation Plan - Describe your solution set, reasons for picking the effective solution, and create a plan collaborators can understand.
- Obsess Over Details - Even variable names and module names matter. Details compound.
- Craft, Don't Code - Implementation should tell the story of the underlying solution. Every layer of abstraction should feel necessary and natural.
- Iterate Relentlessly - Begin with MVP, iterate in phases. Every phase results in a testable component.
What is Agent
"Inside-out LLM tool calling" — instead of code calling LLM tools, Agent puts LLM-powered objects directly into code. An Agent object intercepts all method calls and attribute access, asks an LLM what code to execute, then runs it in the object's context.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 151 lines · 1,897 tokens per session scan A cc3614cae0c8
recurgent CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository kulesh/recurgent (5 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,897 tokens to every session, about $0.0076 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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