ai-dev-operating-system: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

ai-dev-operating-system CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from lglucas/ai-dev-operating-system. It costs 761 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of project instructions for using coding agents to build software with organized documentation, planning, reviews, and security checks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as the operating guide for starting projects, running prototypes, planning work, managing documentation, and coordinating agent-assisted development.
Why use it?
It gives agents shared rules for understanding a project before coding, recording decisions, avoiding invented claims, and keeping generated work consistent.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: PostToolUse hook event. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

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

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to lglucas/ai-dev-operating-system. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lglucas/ai-dev-operating-system

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CLAUDE.md · 75 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 75 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md — AI Dev Operating System

This file defines how Claude Code and other AI coding agents should behave inside this repository.

The purpose of this repo is to provide a day-zero operating system for AI-assisted SaaS development: rules, agents, skills, commands, documentation layers, sprint system, changelog discipline, session logs, security gates, and prototype workflows.


Golden rules

  1. Do not code before context.
  2. Use START-HERE.md and WIZARD.md for new projects. Prototype (Phase 3) before specifying (Phase 4).
  3. Keep documentation layers separate.
  4. Preserve decision memory in session-log/.
  5. Human review is mandatory for BP v0.0.1 before BP v0.0.2.
  6. Use multi-agent review when relevant.
  7. No invented facts in market, competitor, legal, pricing, or regulatory claims.
  8. Use separation of concerns and keep code files under 200 lines where practical.
  9. Generated code files should include purpose/version/sprint headers.
  10. Use stable dependencies by default; avoid alpha/beta unless explicitly accepted.

Required generated artifacts for a new project

Listed in the order the wizard produces them:

knowledge-base/README.md                (Phase 2)
docs/business/BUSINESS-PLAN.md          (Phase 2)
docs/business/PITCH.md                  (Phase 2)
prototype-lab/README.md                 (Phase 3)
docs/product/DESIGN-DIRECTION.md        (Phase 3)
docs/product/PRODUCT-BRIEF.md           (Phase 4)
docs/technical/TECHNICAL-PLAN.md        (Phase 4)
docs/SPRINTS.md                         (Phase 4)
CODEMAP.md                              (Phase 5, generated from the code)
CHANGELOG.md
session-log/INDEX.md
session-log/YYYY-MM-DD-project-genesis.md

Project Genesis Wizard

The canonical wizard is WIZARD.md. It runs in 5 phases:

Phase Name Produces
1 Largada detached repo, project intro
2 Ideação research, red team, BP v0.0.2
3 Protótipo brand, color, UI, UX — three clickable directions, one approved, and docs/product/DESIGN-DIRECTION.md written as the bridge into Phase 4
4 Documentação Product Brief + Technical Plan reverse-engineered from the prototype, then the roadmap
5 Chegada Sprint 0 / Sprint 1

Read the full file on GitHub · 75 lines

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ai-dev-operating-system CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository lglucas/ai-dev-operating-system (14 stars, last pushed 27d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 761 tokens to every session, about $0.0030 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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