Orchestra: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

Orchestra CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from Traves-Theberge/Orchestra. It costs 2,346 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A repository-specific instruction file for Orchestra, a platform that sends coding tasks to different AI agents. It documents the Go backend, Electron and React desktop app, terminal interface, build commands, and project architecture.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when an agent is changing or running the Orchestra backend, desktop application, terminal interface, tests, or build tasks.
Why use it?
It gives a coding agent the local rules and commands needed to work safely in this repository. The description does not identify a general-purpose add-on capability beyond those instructions.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is Traves-Theberge/Orchestra's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on Orchestra 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 Orchestra configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to Traves-Theberge/Orchestra. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Traves-Theberge/Orchestra

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CLAUDE.md · 162 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 162 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.

What Is This

Orchestra — a multi-agent orchestration platform that dispatches coding agents (Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini) to resolve issues from project trackers. Go backend + Electron/React desktop app + Bubble Tea TUI.

Key Features:

  • Multi-agent orchestration: Dispatches work to different coding agents based on provider availability and workload
  • Embedded Agent Widget: Floating chat interface with 40+ tools, multi-provider LLM support, voice input via Whisper
  • Real-time monitoring: SSE streaming of agent execution events and status updates
  • Git worktree isolation: Each issue runs in isolated git worktree to prevent conflicts
  • Issue tracker integration: GitHub, SQLite, and memory backends for issue management

Build & Run Commands

Backend (apps/backend/)

cd apps/backend && go build -o orchestrad ./cmd/orchestrad/    # build daemon
cd apps/backend && go vet ./...                                 # lint
cd apps/backend && go test ./...                                # all tests
cd apps/backend && go test ./internal/db/...                    # single package
cd apps/backend && go test -race ./...                          # race detection
gofmt -l ./apps/backend/cmd ./apps/backend/internal             # format check

Frontend (apps/desktop/)

cd apps/desktop && npm run dev          # builds + runs orchestrad on :4010, Vite and Electron together
cd apps/desktop && npm run dev:ui       # UI only (bring your own backend); or ORCHESTRA_DEV_BACKEND=0
cd apps/desktop && npm run dev:linux    # same as dev, with --no-sandbox (Linux)
cd apps/desktop && npx vitest run       # all tests
cd apps/desktop && npx vitest run src/lib/validation.test.ts    # single test file
cd apps/desktop && npx tsc --noEmit     # typecheck
cd apps/desktop && npm run lint         # eslint

TUI (apps/tui/)

make dash       # run TUI
make build      # build TUI binary
make install    # install to /usr/local/bin/orchestra-dash

Read the full file on GitHub · 162 lines

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Orchestra CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository Traves-Theberge/Orchestra (26 stars, last pushed 10d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 2,346 tokens to every session, about $0.0094 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 2026-10-02.

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