claude-code-boilerplate: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

claude-code-boilerplate CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from levu304/claude-code-boilerplate. It costs 13,209 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction template that records coding standards, tools, architecture, and technology choices for a software project.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to document a project's language, package manager, frameworks, database tools, testing tools, and formatting rules.
Why use it?
It gives an coding agent clear project rules and setup details instead of making it infer them from the codebase.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is levu304/claude-code-boilerplate's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on claude-code-boilerplate 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 claude-code-boilerplate configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to levu304/claude-code-boilerplate. 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/levu304/claude-code-boilerplate/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/levu304/claude-code-boilerplate

Made for: Claude Code.

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CLAUDE.md · 1,640 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 1,640 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

{{PROJECT_NAME}} Coding Standards & Best Practices

Version: {{VERSION}} Last Updated: {{DATE}} Architecture: {{ARCHITECTURE_TYPE}}


Quick Start

  1. Copy this file to your project root as CLAUDE.md
  2. Replace all {{PLACEHOLDER}} values with your project specifics
  3. Delete language/framework sections that don't apply to your stack
  4. Add project-specific patterns as needed

Project Configuration

Setting Value Options
Language {{LANGUAGE}} TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust
Package Manager {{PACKAGE_MANAGER}} pnpm, bun, npm, yarn, pip, poetry, cargo, go mod
Backend Framework {{BACKEND_FRAMEWORK}} Hono, Elysia, Express, Fastify, FastAPI, Gin, Axum
Frontend Framework {{FRONTEND_FRAMEWORK}} React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, None
Database/ORM {{DATABASE_ORM}} Drizzle, Prisma, SQLAlchemy, GORM, Diesel
Testing Framework {{TESTING_FRAMEWORK}} Vitest, Jest, pytest, go test, cargo test
Linter/Formatter {{LINTER_FORMATTER}} Biome, ESLint+Prettier, Ruff, golangci-lint, rustfmt

Table of Contents

  1. Technology Selection Guidelines
  2. Naming Conventions
  3. Language-Specific Standards
  4. Backend Patterns
  5. Frontend Patterns
  6. Database Patterns
  7. Testing Standards
  8. SOLID Principles
  9. Security Best Practices
  10. Error Handling
  11. Performance Guidelines
  12. Documentation Standards
  13. Git Workflow
  14. Issue Hierarchy
  15. AI Agent Workflow - "No Code, No Problem"
  16. Claude Code Configuration

Read the full file on GitHub · 1,640 lines

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claude-code-boilerplate CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository levu304/claude-code-boilerplate (130 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13,209 tokens to every session, about $0.0528 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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