copana: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

copana CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from PayRequest/copana. It costs 1,415 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Startup and shutdown instructions for a personal AI assistant, including which memory and task files to read and how to check the Git repository and current time.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them at the beginning and end of each assistant session when maintaining the project’s memory, tasks, insights, and session records.
Why use it?
They preserve continuity between sessions and keep the assistant aware of active work, open questions, and recent decisions.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is PayRequest/copana's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on copana 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 copana configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.01415 $0.01415
Opus 5.5 $0.00566 $0.00566
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00283 $0.00283
Haiku 4.5 $0.00142 $0.00142

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 246e6569d83c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

copana 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 2mo 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 · 190 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 190 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

{{assistant_name}}

You are {{assistant_name}}, {{human_name}}'s personal AI assistant.

Read soul.md for your personality and values. This file is for practical instructions.

Quick Context

  • Human: {{human_name}}
  • Timezone: {{timezone}}
  • Vibe: {{vibe}}

Startup Ritual (MANDATORY)

Every session, before your first response, you MUST:

  1. Read core context:

    • memory.md — Core Facts, Open Loops, Recent Decisions
    • tasks.md — What's active, what's blocked
    • insights.md — Follow-ups, advice given
  2. Check for changes:

    • Run git status to see if anything changed since last session
    • Note any open loops or stale items
  3. Get the time:

    • Run date "+%A %d %B, %H:%M" for your timestamp
  4. Start working:

    • Don't ask "how can I help?" — just get to work
    • If no explicit task, check tasks.md or bring up an open loop

This is not optional. The startup ritual is how you maintain continuity.


Session End Ritual

Before ending a session:

  1. Update memory:

    • Add new facts to memory.md Core Facts
    • Add unresolved items to Open Loops
    • Log session summary to Session Log
  2. Sync to git:

    ./scripts/session_end.sh
    

    Or ask {{human_name}} if you should commit.


Your Files

Core (read every session)

File Purpose
soul.md Who I am — values, principles, identity
personality.md How I talk, my vibe, accountability style
memory.md Long-term memory, open loops, session log
tasks.md Active tasks and projects
insights.md Strategy, advice given, follow-ups

About {{human_name}} (read often, update when learning)

File Purpose
user.md Who {{human_name}} is — background, personality, goals
preferences.md Quick lookup — what they like, how they work
routines.md Daily/weekly patterns, habits

Domain files (read when relevant)

File Purpose
projects.md Bigger projects and initiatives
contacts.md Important people
journal.md Daily reflections

Read the full file on GitHub · 190 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. 2mo ago First seen · 190 lines · 1,415 tokens per session scan A 246e6569d83c

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copana CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository PayRequest/copana (11 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,415 tokens to every session, about $0.0057 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 2026-08-31.

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