shodh-memory: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

shodh-memory CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from varun29ankuS/shodh-memory. It costs 532 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Project instructions for Shodh-Memory, a Rust project that provides persistent memory through an MCP service. MCP is a standard way for AI agents to connect to external tools and data.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when modifying Shodh-Memory, running checks or tests, creating worktrees, preparing commits, or working with its persistent-memory service.
Why use it?
They set safety and workflow rules, such as which Rust checks are allowed by default, how worktrees must be handled, and when external actions need approval.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

This is varun29ankuS/shodh-memory's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on shodh-memory 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 shodh-memory configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to varun29ankuS/shodh-memory. 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
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Grade A, and why

shodh-memory 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 7d 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.

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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 · 31 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 31 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Shodh-Memory Project Instructions

MUST Rules

  • MUST NOT run cargo build or cargo run unless the user explicitly asks. Only cargo check, cargo clippy, and cargo test are allowed by default.
  • MUST NOT add "Co-Authored-By" or "Generated with Claude Code" to commits. Clean commit messages only.
  • MUST NOT comment on GitHub issues/PRs without showing user a draft first.
  • MUST NOT create git worktrees outside the project folder. All worktrees go in <repo>/.claude/worktrees/<name>. Never C:/smt, never ~/.claude/worktrees, never a sibling directory. A worktree outside kalki-v2/ misses the parent .cargo/config.toml, builds to a different artifact path, and silently forks target/ into two complete trees.
  • MUST remove a worktree once its branch is merged or abandoned. Before removing one, run git status --porcelain in it and confirm any untracked files exist in git — untracked content is the only thing git worktree remove cannot recover, since branch refs survive removal.

Code Standards

  • IMPORTANT: Production grade code only. No TODOs, no placeholders, no mocks, no stubs.
  • IMPORTANT: Understand architecture and data flow before fixing anything. Read files before editing.
  • IMPORTANT: No assumptions. Always read the actual source code to verify API shapes, response fields, status codes, endpoint methods, and data structures before writing code or tests against them. Never guess.
  • All changes go through PR workflow: branch → commit → push → PR → merge.

Persistent Memory (shodh-memory MCP)

You have session continuity via shodh-memory hooks. Key behaviors:

  • Relevant memories surface automatically — don't manually "check" memory
  • Use remember sparingly (high-importance only), forget for corrections
  • Use list_todos at session start for pending work
  • The memory system you're using IS this codebase

Codebase Map

  • src/ — Rust core (memory, API server, embeddings, graph, vector search)
  • mcp-server/ — TypeScript MCP server (45 tools, index.ts)
  • tui/ — Rust TUI dashboard
  • hooks/ — Claude Code hooks for automatic memory
  • python/ — Python bindings (PyO3/maturin)
  • Architecture: RocksDB + Vamana/SPANN vector search + knowledge graph with Hebbian learning

Read the full file on GitHub · 31 lines

Changes

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shodh-memory CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository varun29ankuS/shodh-memory (279 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 532 tokens to every session, about $0.0027 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.

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