ops-codegraph-tool: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

ops-codegraph-tool CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from optave/ops-codegraph-tool. It costs 5,991 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Repository instructions for using a code dependency-graph tool with Claude Code. They describe checks before and after code changes and require factual documentation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Navigating a codebase, reviewing the impact of edits, rebuilding its dependency graph, running lint checks, and deciding when the main README should be updated.
Why use it?
They help the coding agent understand how files relate, catch dependency cycles or unused exports, run checks on changed code, and avoid making unsupported claims.

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 optave/ops-codegraph-tool's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on ops-codegraph-tool 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 ops-codegraph-tool configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to optave/ops-codegraph-tool. 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
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CLAUDE.md · 252 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Hooks enforce code quality. This project uses Claude Code hooks (.claude/hooks/) to automatically inject file-level dependency context on reads, rebuild the graph after edits, block commits with cycles or dead exports, run lint on staged files, and show diff-impact before commits. If codegraph reports an error or produces wrong results when analyzing itself, that's a real bug — don't work around it or ignore it. Flag it to the user and, if it's blocking the current task, fix it.

Never fabricate facts. Do not state licenses, version numbers, feature claims, or any factual information without first verifying it (read the file, run the command, check the source). If you don't know, say so — do not guess.

Never document bugs as expected behavior. If two engines (native vs WASM) produce different results, that is a bug in the less-accurate engine — not an acceptable "parity gap." Adding comments or tests that frame wrong output as "expected" blocks future agents from ever fixing it. Instead: identify the root cause, file an issue, and fix the extraction/resolution layer that produces incorrect results. The correct response to "engine A reports 8 cycles, engine B reports 11" is to fix the 3 false cycles in engine B, not to document why the difference is okay.

Never silently skip verification. If tests, builds, or any verification step cannot run or fails for any reason (compilation errors, platform issues, missing dependencies), STOP and report the issue to the user immediately. Never silently proceed with unverified changes. Let the user decide whether to proceed — do not make that decision yourself.

Scope discipline — open issues, don't expand scope. When you encounter anything out of scope — a pre-existing bug, a refactor opportunity, a potential improvement, a missing feature, or any other finding that doesn't directly affect the correctness of the current task — immediately open a GitHub issue with gh issue create before continuing. Do not hold the finding in memory or defer it to a comment. Only address it inline when it directly blocks the result of the work in front of you. This keeps PRs focused (one concern per PR) while ensuring no finding is lost.

Prioritize the best architecture, not the smallest diff. Do not default to the simplest or most localized fix. Choose the approach that fits the codebase's architecture best, even when that means larger changes, moving code across modules, or restructuring an abstraction. Do not be afraid of bigger changes — a larger diff that leaves the design healthier is preferable to a small diff that entrenches a poor structure. Surface the architectural reasoning to the user; don't silently shrink the change to avoid the work.

Read the full file on GitHub · 252 lines

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ops-codegraph-tool CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository optave/ops-codegraph-tool (99 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 5,991 tokens to every session, about $0.0240 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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