forge-plugin: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

forge-plugin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from nxtg-ai/forge-plugin. It costs 3,735 tokens per session, scanned D, original, MIT.

Repository-specific instructions for the Forge Claude Code plugin. The plugin uses Markdown files for commands, agents, skills, and hooks, plus a small governance server.

In plain words
What is it for?
Finding plugin components, checking its command and skill structure, installing its server dependencies when needed, and starting the governance MCP server.
Why use it?
It explains the plugin's layout and setup so edits go in the right place and the governance server can be run correctly.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} variable. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions .claude-plugin; mentions CLAUDE.md.

This is nxtg-ai/forge-plugin's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on forge-plugin 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 forge-plugin configures →

Runs only inside a plugin — its command needs a path that Claude Code sets for a plugin’s own hooks and for nothing else, and the catalogue could not identify which plugin ships it.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to nxtg-ai/forge-plugin. 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/nxtg-ai/forge-plugin/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nxtg-ai/forge-plugin

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 3,735 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 3,735 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan D 4 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.
Token cost

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 $0.03735 $0.03735
Opus 5.5 $0.01494 $0.01494
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00747 $0.00747
Haiku 4.5 $0.00374 $0.00374

Measured 3d ago against content hash 1204b23f4874, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade D, and why

forge-plugin CLAUDE.md scanned grade D with 4 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 3d 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

| **PreToolUse (Bash)** | `security-command-guard.sh` | **BLOCKS** dangerous commands: `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl\|sh`, fork bombs, force push to main |

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

| **PreToolUse (Bash)** | `security-command-guard.sh` | **BLOCKS** dangerous commands: `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl\|sh`, fork bombs, force push to main |

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

| **PreToolUse (Bash)** | `security-command-guard.sh` | **BLOCKS** dangerous commands: `rm -rf /`, `chmod 777`, `curl\|sh`, fork bombs, force push to main |

Runs shell commandslowCapability

Expected in a hook, worth knowing in a rule or an instructions file.

| **PreToolUse (Write/Edit)** | `security-injection-guard.sh` | **BLOCKS** `eval()`, `os.system()`, `subprocess(shell=True)`, `child_process.exec()` |
CLAUDE.md · 281 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 281 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md — Forge Plugin

Claude Code plugin for AI-powered development governance. Pure markdown — no build step. Commands, agents, skills, and hooks are loaded by Claude Code at runtime.

Quick Reference

# No build step. All content is markdown loaded by Claude Code.

# MCP server (no runtime dependencies; npm install is only for the tests)
cd plugins/nxtg-forge/servers/governance-mcp
node index.mjs

# Plugin lives at: plugins/nxtg-forge/
# Installed by Claude Code via: claude plugin marketplace add nxtg-ai/forge-plugin && claude plugin install nxtg-forge

Plugin Structure

plugins/nxtg-forge/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json           # Manifest (name, version, description)
├── .mcp.json                 # MCP server config (governance-mcp via stdio)
├── commands/                 # 23 slash commands (*.md)
├── agents/                   # 23 agent definitions (*.md)
├── skills/                   # 27 skill directories (*/SKILL.md)
├── hooks/                    # 6 governance hooks (bash scripts)
│   ├── hooks.json            # Hook trigger definitions
│   └── scripts/lib.sh        # Shared utilities
└── servers/
    └── governance-mcp/       # Node.js MCP server (index.mjs, 8 tools)
        ├── package.json      # @nxtg-forge/governance-mcp v3.5.1
        ├── index.mjs         # 835 lines, ES module
        └── start.sh          # Launcher (Node check, no install)

Components

21 Slash Commands

Category Commands
Governance /nxtg-forge:init, /nxtg-forge:status, /nxtg-forge:status-enhanced, /nxtg-forge:gap-analysis, /nxtg-forge:compliance, /nxtg-forge:command-center
Feature Dev /nxtg-forge:feature, /nxtg-forge:spec, /nxtg-forge:agent-assign, /nxtg-forge:integrate
Quality /nxtg-forge:test, /nxtg-forge:deploy, /nxtg-forge:optimize, /nxtg-forge:update
State /nxtg-forge:checkpoint, /nxtg-forge:restore, /nxtg-forge:report
Docs /nxtg-forge:docs-status, /nxtg-forge:docs-update, /nxtg-forge:docs-audit
Dashboard /nxtg-forge:dashboard

Read the full file on GitHub · 281 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. 3d ago Changed · -5 tokens per session 1204b23f4874
  2. 4d ago Changed · -1 lines · -2 tokens per session 8859369f5af1
  3. 11d ago Changed · +29 tokens per session 5763c42b8a13
  4. 12d ago Changed · +114 tokens per session e01890be8a6f
  5. 1mo ago First seen · 282 lines · 3,599 tokens per session scan D 14dd03baeade

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forge-plugin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository nxtg-ai/forge-plugin (6 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,735 tokens to every session, about $0.0149 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it D with 4 findings (asks for root, recursive force delete, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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