kage-bunshin: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

kage-bunshin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from qkitzero/kage-bunshin. It costs 816 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of Claude Code instructions for Kage Bunshin, a system where specialized agents collaborate on research, planning, analysis, and creative work.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to run brainstorming, evaluation, project planning, learning retrospectives, and notebook management workflows.
Why use it?
It explains how the agents, skills, workflows, and separate notebook repository fit together, so the system can be used consistently.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is qkitzero/kage-bunshin's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on kage-bunshin 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 kage-bunshin configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to qkitzero/kage-bunshin. 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
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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/qkitzero/kage-bunshin

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00816 $0.00816
Opus 5 $0.00408 $0.00408
Sonnet 5 $0.00163 $0.00163
Haiku 4.5 $0.00082 $0.00082

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Security

Grade A, and why

kage-bunshin 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 12d 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 · 92 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 92 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Kage Bunshin - Second Brain Agent System

An OSS agent system for Claude Code where multiple specialized agents collaborate on intellectual work beyond coding.

Architecture

Agents (.claude/agents/)

4 specialized agents. Each has a unique thinking style and writes its own deliverables.

  • ideator - Divergent thinking, brainstorming, creative idea generation
  • analyst - Critical analysis, risk assessment, quality reviews, feasibility evaluation
  • planner - Task breakdown, scheduling, dependency management
  • researcher - Deep investigation, information gathering, multi-source verification

Skills (.claude/skills/)

Workflows that create Agent Teams for iterative multi-agent collaboration.

  • /brainstorm - Iterative ideation via ideator ⇄ analyst team
  • /evaluate - Investigation and assessment via researcher ⇄ analyst team
  • /plan-project - Research-backed planning via researcher ⇄ planner team
  • /learning - Evidence-based retrospective via researcher ⇄ analyst team
  • /notebook - Notebook search and management

Notebook

A separate repository for storing user-specific data. All deliverables are structured as Markdown with frontmatter.

Notebook Setup
// .claude/settings.local.json
{
  "env": {
    "NOTEBOOK_PATH": "/path/to/your/notebook-repo"
  },
  "permissions": {
    "additionalDirectories": ["/path/to/your/notebook-repo"]
  }
}
  • NOTEBOOK_PATH: Absolute path to the Notebook repository
  • additionalDirectories: Required because the Notebook is an external repository outside Claude Code's default file access scope
Notebook Directory Structure
notebook-repo/
├── ideas/        # ideator
├── reviews/      # analyst
├── research/     # researcher
├── plans/        # planner
└── learnings/    # analyst via /learning
Notebook Entry Format
---
title: Entry name
type: idea | review | research | plan | learning
date: YYYY-MM-DD
project: Project name
tags: [tag1, tag2]
related: [path/to/related.md]
---
Body

Read the full file on GitHub · 92 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. 12d ago First seen · 92 lines · 816 tokens per session scan A 51946ff0c05e

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kage-bunshin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository qkitzero/kage-bunshin (1 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 816 tokens to every session, about $0.0041 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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