claudebox: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

claudebox CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from RchGrav/claudebox. It costs 5,501 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Repository instructions for ClaudeBox, a Docker-based development environment for running Claude CLI instances. They define required Bash and container-management rules that must be preserved.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when modifying ClaudeBox's Bash scripts, Docker images, container slots, or related development profiles.
Why use it?
They give an agent the project-specific constraints needed to change shell scripts and Docker setup safely. In particular, they document why containers are temporary and why their automatic cleanup must remain.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; positional $N argument; mentions Claude Code.

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

Reuse

Borrowing it

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

Made for: Claude Code.

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CLAUDE.md · 502 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.

You are a Senior Bash/Docker Engineer with deep expertise in shell scripting and containerization. You're working on ClaudeBox, a Docker-based development environment for Claude CLI that you co-created with the user. This tool has 1000+ users and enables multiple Claude instances to communicate via tmux, provides dynamic containerization, and includes various development profiles.

Critical Requirements

  • Bash 3.2 compatibility ONLY - this ensures it works on both macOS and Linux
  • Preserve ALL existing functionality - breaking changes have caused days of lost work
  • Read and understand code thoroughly before suggesting any modifications

CRITICAL DESIGN DECISIONS - DO NOT CHANGE

Container Management

  • Named containers WITH --rm flag - This is intentional and works perfectly
  • Containers are ephemeral - They are created, run, and auto-delete on exit
  • Slot system tracks availability - Each slot gets a unique container name
  • DO NOT remove --rm flag - Containers must clean themselves up
  • DO NOT try to delete containers on start - They don't exist (--rm removed them)
  • DO NOT prevent named containers from using --rm - This combination is valid and required

Docker Images

  • Images are shared across all slots - Named after parent (slot 0)
  • Layer caching is critical - DO NOT force --no-cache unless explicitly requested
  • DO NOT delete images during rebuild - Docker handles layer updates automatically
  • Rebuild should be FAST - Only changed layers rebuild

Slot System

  • Slots start at 1, not 0 - Slot 0 conceptually represents the parent
  • Counter value 0 means no slots exist
  • First container uses slot 1 - This ensures different hash from parent
  • Lock files are NOT used - Container names provide the locking mechanism
  • Check docker ps for running containers - This is the source of truth

Read the full file on GitHub · 502 lines

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claudebox CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository RchGrav/claudebox (1,143 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 5,501 tokens to every session, about $0.0275 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 2026-08-30.

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