claude-code-toolkit: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

claude-code-toolkit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from robertguss/claude-code-toolkit. It costs 617 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project guide for Claude Code, with instructions about the repository’s custom skills, build commands, and required file structure.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to understand the repository, build one skill or all skills into .skill ZIP files, and check which skills pass validation.
Why use it?
It gives Claude Code the project context needed to work consistently and explains how to validate and package skills for Claude.ai.

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 robertguss/claude-code-toolkit's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on claude-code-toolkit 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 claude-code-toolkit configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to robertguss/claude-code-toolkit. 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/robertguss/claude-code-toolkit/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertguss/claude-code-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code.

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Grade A, and why

claude-code-toolkit 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 1mo ago.

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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 · 84 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 84 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

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

Project Overview

This repository contains custom Claude skills—modular packages that extend Claude's capabilities with specialized workflows and domain knowledge. Skills are used with both Claude Code (CLI) and Claude.ai (web/mobile/desktop).

Build Commands

# Package a single skill for Claude.ai upload
python build.py <skill-name>

# Package all skills
python build.py --all

# List available skills with validation status
python build.py --list

Output: .skill files in dist/ (ZIP archives with skill contents)

Architecture

Skill Structure

Each skill is a top-level folder containing:

<skill-name>/
├── SKILL.md              # Required: instructions + YAML frontmatter
├── references/           # Optional: documentation loaded on-demand
└── assets/               # Optional: templates, examples

SKILL.md Requirements

Must start with YAML frontmatter:

  • name (required): skill identifier
  • description (required, min 20 chars): determines when the skill activates

Build System

build.py validates skills and packages them as ZIP archives:

  • Validates YAML frontmatter presence and required fields
  • Excludes hidden files, .DS_Store, __pycache__
  • Creates <skill-name>.skill in dist/

Requires: pyyaml (for frontmatter parsing)

Usage Modes

Claude Code: Reference skills directly via filesystem paths in project CLAUDE.md or global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md

Claude.ai: Upload packaged .skill files via Settings → Skills

Templates

The templates/ directory contains document templates and guides for configuring Claude Code:

Document Purpose
CLAUDE-MD-template.md Project or global instructions for Claude
HUMAN-MD-template.md Relationship document — helps Claude know who you are
SKILL-MD-template.md Create custom skills (slash commands)
SESSION-HANDOFF-template.md Preserve context when sessions end
CORRECTION-template.md Give Claude structured feedback it can learn from
compaction-strategy.md What to preserve when context is compressed
CLAUDE-MD-GUIDE.md Deep dive into why each CLAUDE.md section matters
PROMPT-GUIDE.md How to write prompts that get better results
INTERACTION-PATTERNS.md How different phrases affect Claude's processing
CLAUDE_DNA.md Understanding who Claude is — values, preferences, limitations

Read the full file on GitHub · 84 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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claude-code-toolkit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository robertguss/claude-code-toolkit (126 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 617 tokens to every session, about $0.0025 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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