Overture: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

Overture CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from SixHq/Overture. It costs 1,450 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for Overture, an MCP server that shows coding-agent plans as visual flowcharts before code is written. It also documents the project's two-package npm workspaces structure and its development commands.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when working on Overture's Node.js/TypeScript server or React frontend, especially in its monorepo.
Why use it?
It gives an agent the repository context and commands needed to install dependencies, run development mode, and build the server and interface.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

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

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Grade A, and why

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Nothing flagged

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CLAUDE.md · 148 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 148 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

Overture is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides visual plan execution and approval workflows for AI coding agents. It intercepts AI agent planning phases and renders them as interactive visual flowcharts before code is written. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, GitHub Copilot, and Sixth AI.

Monorepo Structure

This is an npm workspaces monorepo with two packages:

  • packages/mcp-server - The MCP server (Node.js/TypeScript)
  • packages/ui - The React frontend (React Flow + Zustand + Tailwind)

Build & Development Commands

# Install dependencies (from root)
npm install

# Development - runs both server and UI with hot reload
npm run dev

# Build all packages for production
npm run build

# Development - individual packages
npm run dev:server    # MCP server only (tsx watch)
npm run dev:ui        # UI only (vite dev server)

# Build - individual packages
npm run build:server  # Outputs to packages/mcp-server/dist/
npm run build:ui      # Outputs to packages/mcp-server/ui-dist/

# Production start
npm start             # Runs built MCP server

# Clean all build artifacts
npm run clean

MCP Server Package Commands

cd packages/mcp-server
npm run dev           # tsx watch src/index.ts
npm run build         # tsup to dist/
npm run lint          # eslint src/**/*.ts
npm run start         # node dist/index.js

UI Package Commands

cd packages/ui
npm run dev           # vite dev server
npm run build         # tsc && vite build
npm run preview       # vite preview

Architecture

MCP Server (packages/mcp-server/src/)

Entry Points:

  • index.ts - MCP server initialization using @modelcontextprotocol/sdk, starts HTTP (3031) and WebSocket (3030) servers
  • cli.ts - CLI entry point for npx overture-mcp

Core Modules:

  • tools/handlers.ts - Implements all 11 MCP tools (submit_plan, get_approval, update_node_status, etc.)
  • store/plan-store.ts - MultiProjectPlanStore manages plans across multiple projects with Promise-based approval flow
  • websocket/ws-server.ts - WebSocketManager handles client connections, project subscriptions, and relay mode
  • http/server.ts - Express server serving UI and API endpoints (/api/test-plan, /api/mcp-marketplace)
  • parser/xml-parser.ts - SAX-based StreamingXMLParser for parsing plan XML into nodes/edges
  • parser/output-parser.ts - Parses structured output from agent execution
  • storage/history-storage.ts - Persists plans to ~/.overture/history.json
  • types.ts - Core types: PlanNode, PlanEdge, Plan, ProjectContext, WSMessage
  • utils/plan-diff.ts - Computes differences between plan versions

Read the full file on GitHub · 148 lines

Changes

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Overture CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository SixHq/Overture (641 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,450 tokens to every session, about $0.0058 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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