codesteer-atlas: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

codesteer-atlas CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from LuisCarlosLopes/codesteer-atlas. It costs 3,185 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository-specific instructions for Claude Code, including how to use the Codesteer Atlas MCP index to search the code. An MCP index is an external searchable map of a project’s files and symbols.

In plain words
What is it for?
Checking project status, finding implementations, inspecting relationships between code areas, reading selected lines, and reindexing the project after major changes.
Why use it?
It tells the agent how to get oriented and locate relevant code efficiently in an unfamiliar repository.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is LuisCarlosLopes/codesteer-atlas's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on codesteer-atlas 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 codesteer-atlas configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: Claude Code.

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Opus 5 $0.01592 $0.01592
Sonnet 5 $0.00637 $0.00637
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Grade A, and why

codesteer-atlas 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 8d 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.

CLAUDE.md · 173 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 173 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.

Code Search with MCP Codesteer-Atlas

This repository is indexed by MCP codesteer-atlas. Use the MCP tools before grep, rg, find, glob, or bulk file reading to locate or explore code.

Available Tools

Purpose Tool
Get oriented in an unfamiliar project (call this first, once) atlas_brief
Find where a function, class, method, or concept is implemented atlas_search
Inspect hubs, paths, and rationale connectivity atlas_graph
Check if the index exists and is up-to-date atlas_status
Reindex after major changes or outdated index atlas_index
  • Use path_prefix to restrict the search to the relevant subdirectory (e.g., src/codesteer_atlas).
  • Use language to filter by language when the context allows.
  • Two-pass flow (token-efficient): atlas_search returns metadata only by default (file_path, lines, symbol, type, score). Locate first, then read the exact lines with Read, or re-call with include_content=true only for the few results you need.
  • Call atlas_search directly; don't call atlas_status "just to check" beforehand — if the index doesn't exist, the tool itself returns an error explaining how to create it.

When to use grep/Read/find directly

  • Confirming an exact literal string/error (e.g., exception message, symbol name) after Atlas has already indicated the candidate file(s).
  • The file has already been indicated with the exact path by the user — go directly with Read.
  • Editing, diffing, committing — normal file tools.
  • Git, CI, testing (pytest), dependency installation — always via terminal.
  • MCP unavailable, authentication error, or empty/outdated index.

Outdated Index

  1. Run atlas_status to confirm (is_stale: true indicates that the indexed HEAD differs from the current workspace HEAD).
  2. If necessary, reindex with atlas_index.
  3. Only then use grep/Read as a point-in-time fallback, and reindex again after the session.

Read the full file on GitHub · 173 lines

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. 8d ago First seen · 173 lines · 3,185 tokens per session scan A 24bea79cc9eb

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codesteer-atlas CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository LuisCarlosLopes/codesteer-atlas (0 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 3,185 tokens to every session, about $0.0159 per session on Opus 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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