blackfish: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

blackfish CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from princeton-ddss/blackfish. It costs 937 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction file for Blackfish, an open-source AI platform that runs machine-learning models on high-performance computing clusters. It documents the repository’s Python backend, React web interface, tests, and commands.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for guiding changes, testing, formatting, and builds in a Python backend and React frontend monorepo.
Why use it?
It gives the coding agent project-specific context so it can work in the correct folders and use the expected development commands.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is princeton-ddss/blackfish's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on blackfish 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 blackfish configures →

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CLAUDE.md · 111 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 111 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Blackfish Monorepo

Open-source AI-as-a-Service (MLaaS) platform for running ML models on HPC clusters.

Repository Structure

blackfish/
├── lib/          # Python backend (blackfish-ai package)
├── web/          # Next.js frontend (blackfish-ui)
└── .github/      # CI/CD workflows (path-dependent)

Quick Reference

Python Backend (lib/)

cd lib
uv sync                           # Install dependencies
uv run pytest                     # Run tests
uv run pre-commit run --all-files # Lint & format
uv run blackfish --help           # CLI commands

React Frontend (web/)

cd web
npm install        # Install dependencies
npm run dev        # Dev server (localhost:3000)
npm test           # Run vitest tests
npm run build:lib  # Build and copy to Python package

Architecture Overview

  • Backend: Litestar async web framework, SQLAlchemy ORM, Alembic migrations
  • Frontend: Vite + React 18, React Router, Tailwind CSS, SWR
  • Services: Text Generation, Speech Recognition (extensible base classes)
  • CLI: Rich-click powered, profile/service/job management

Commits

Follow the Conventional Commits specification.

Scopes: lib, web, ci, docs (optional — omit for cross-cutting changes)

Key Conventions

  • Python 3.12+, strict MyPy type checking enabled
  • All Python code formatted with Ruff
  • Frontend uses ESLint, components in web/src/components/
  • Service-specific routes in web/src/routes/{service-name}/
  • Database migrations in lib/src/blackfish/server/db/migrations/

Testing

  • Python: uv run pytest (pytest + coverage)
  • Frontend: npm test (vitest + React Testing Library)
  • CI runs path-dependent workflows (lib.yml, web.yml)

Pull Requests

Always use /pr to create pull requests. This command:

  • Validates branch state
  • Runs lint and tests for affected packages
  • Updates coverage badge (Python changes)
  • Creates PR with proper format

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full PR checklist.

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