Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add instructions/saubakirov/trace-first-starter/claude-mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/saubakirov/trace-first-starterWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/saubakirov/trace-first-starter/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/saubakirov/trace-first-starter/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/saubakirov/trace-first-starter/claude-md.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00801 | $0.00801 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00400 | $0.00400 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00160 | $0.00160 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00080 | $0.00080 |
Grade A, and why
trace-first-starter 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 2d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 55 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
TFW — Claude Code Adapter
TFW (Trace-First Workflow)
This project follows Trace-First Workflow. The tool-agnostic core lives in .tfw/.
Version: see .tfw/VERSION.
Context Loading (new session, strict order)
AGENTS.md— AI role and mission.tfw/conventions.md— formal rules, naming, scope budgets.tfw/glossary.md— terminologyKNOWLEDGE.md(if exists) — architecture, decisions- The selected task's
status.md— its live state, and the only authority for it - Relevant HL/TS/RF files for the current task
Slash Commands
| Command | Workflow | Role | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
/tfw-plan |
.tfw/workflows/plan.md |
Coordinator | Research, write HL, freeze the contract, RESEARCH gate, route amendments, write TS |
/tfw-research |
.tfw/workflows/research/base.md |
Coordinator | Structured investigation — pipeline or standalone |
/tfw-handoff |
.tfw/workflows/handoff.md |
Executor | ONB, implement, RF |
/tfw-review |
.tfw/workflows/review.md |
Reviewer | Review RF against checklist, Purpose Check against the contract baseline, write REVIEW |
/tfw-resume |
.tfw/workflows/resume.md |
Coordinator | Status matrix for multi-phase task, decide next phase |
/tfw-docs |
.tfw/workflows/docs.md |
Coordinator | Update KNOWLEDGE.md after REVIEW |
/tfw-knowledge |
.tfw/workflows/knowledge.md |
Coordinator | Consolidate fact candidates into verified project knowledge |
/tfw-release |
.tfw/workflows/release.md |
Coordinator | Version bump, CHANGELOG, tag |
/tfw-init |
.tfw/workflows/init.md |
Coordinator | Initialize TFW in a project — discover, interview, setup |
/tfw-update |
.tfw/workflows/update.md |
Coordinator | Fetch upstream, compare versions, sync adapters |
/tfw-config |
.tfw/workflows/config.md |
Coordinator | Interactive config change, propagate to all inline values |
Key References
.tfw/README.md— philosophy, thesis, lifecycle.tfw/conventions.md— all formal rules.tfw/templates/— canonical artifact templates (seetfw.templatesin.tfw/project_config.yaml).tfw/CHANGELOG.md— version history.tfw/project_config.yaml— project parameters (task prefix, build commands)
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.
- 2d ago Changed · -1 lines · -31 tokens per session 2c77f63c7ee9
- 6d ago First seen · 56 lines · 832 tokens per session scan A 476ac08c90aa
trace-first-starter CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository saubakirov/trace-first-starter (29 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 801 tokens to every session, about $0.0040 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.
Other instructions, from other repositories
skills AGENTS.md
AGENTS.md instructions for scenario-labs/skills, covering agents.md, what this repo is, layout, public content only and authoring contract.
Skills CLAUDE.md
Instructions for kriscard/Skills, covering claude.md, requirements, repository structure, skill structure and frontmatter rules (verified against official docs).
audio-plugin-dev-skills CLAUDE.md
Instructions for iPlug3/audio-plugin-dev-skills, covering claude.md, project overview, repository structure, adding a new skill and skill.md conventions.
skills-check CLAUDE.md
Instructions for voodootikigod/skills-check, covering claude.md, what this project is, scope: what skills-check owns, scope: what skills-check does not own and prds and roadmap.
openehr-assistant-plugin copilot-instructions.md
Instructions for Cadasto/openehr-assistant-plugin: Follow the repository guidelines in AGENTS.md for coding standards, project structure, MCP conventions, and developer workflows.
claude-multiagent-catalogue CLAUDE.md
Claude Code instructions for asleekgeek/claude-multiagent-catalogue, covering claude.md, what this repository is, scope note: repo name is legacy, common commands and list everything available across all buckets.