Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to tzachbon/smart-ralph. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tzachbon/smart-ralph/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tzachbon/smart-ralphWrote 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/tzachbon/smart-ralph/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/tzachbon/smart-ralph/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/tzachbon/smart-ralph/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/tzachbon/smart-ralph/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/tzachbon/smart-ralph/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" 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 | $0.01907 | $0.01907 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00763 | $0.00763 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00381 | $0.00381 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00191 | $0.00191 |
Grade A, and why
smart-ralph 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.
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 — 182 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.
⛔ CRITICAL SAFETY RULES
- NEVER merge PRs without explicit user permission — If unsure whether to merge, the answer is NO
- NEVER close PRs without explicit user permission — Only fix conflicts, push changes, create PRs
- NEVER delete branches on remote without explicit user permission
- Ask before any destructive action — When in doubt, ask the user
Karpathy Coding Rules
Four rules for all agents and code generation. Non-negotiable.
1. Think Before Coding
- State assumptions explicitly. If uncertain, ask.
- Multiple interpretations? Present them, don't pick silently.
- Simpler approach exists? Say so. Push back when warranted.
- Something unclear? Stop. Name what's confusing. Ask.
2. Simplicity First
- No features beyond what was asked.
- No abstractions for single-use code.
- No speculative "flexibility" or "configurability".
- 200 lines that could be 50? Rewrite.
- Test: "Would a senior engineer say this is overcomplicated?"
3. Surgical Changes
- Don't "improve" adjacent code, comments, or formatting.
- Don't refactor what isn't broken.
- Match existing style, even if you'd do it differently.
- Remove only dead code YOUR changes created.
- Every changed line must trace to the user's request.
4. Goal-Driven Execution
- "Add validation" -> Write tests for invalid inputs, make them pass.
- "Fix the bug" -> Write reproducing test, make it pass.
- "Refactor X" -> Ensure tests pass before and after.
- Define success criteria. Loop until verified.
Overview
Smart Ralph is a Claude Code plugin for spec-driven development. It transforms feature requests into structured specs (research, requirements, design, tasks) then executes them task-by-task with fresh context per task.
Development
# Test plugin locally
claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/ralph-specum
# Test the workflow
/ralph-specum:start test-feature Some test goal
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.
- 1mo ago First seen · 182 lines · 1,907 tokens per session scan A c3b392300534
smart-ralph CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository tzachbon/smart-ralph (559 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,907 tokens to every session, about $0.0076 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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