issues: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

issues CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from vepo/issues. It costs 1,833 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Repository instructions for the vepo/issues project, including a required five-phase process for planning and implementing non-trivial changes. TDD means writing tests to describe expected behaviour before implementation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when changing source code, tests, web pages, APIs, data structures, or cross-feature behaviour in that repository.
Why use it?
They prevent premature edits by requiring documented analysis, architecture decisions, task approval, and a controlled implementation process.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: PostToolUse hook event. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents.

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

View source ↗ vepo/issues
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Borrowing it

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

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vepo/issues/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vepo/issues

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CLAUDE.md · 80 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 80 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.

@AGENTS.md

Mandatory development process — read before touching src/

This repo enforces a strict five-phase gate on every non-trivial change (new behaviour, API, UI route, schema, multi-package refactor, or cross-feature bug fix). Full detail: .cursor/rules/development-process.mdc.

1. Feature analysis → 2. Architecture design → 3. Task break → 4. Explicit task approval → 5. TDD implementation
  • No edits to src/main/**, src/test/**, or src/main/webui/** before phase 4. Phases 1–3 only touch feature/<slug>.md, docs/**, and ARCHITECTURE.md.
  • Track open decisions as FQn (feature questions, phase 1) and AQn (architecture questions, phase 2) in the feature doc. Answering a question is not approval — after every FQ/AQ answer, run an impact review (update Impact, Wireframe, Architecture, Feature checklist, tasks) and stop.
  • Phase 4 requires explicit task-ID approval ("Approve T1–T3", "Go ahead with T1"). "Implement it" / "yes" / "do the analysis" do not count — present the task table and ask which IDs to approve instead.
  • Phase 5 is TDD only, per approved task: Red (failing test, no src/main change) → Green (minimal code) → Refactor. Optionally delegate to .cursor/agents/tdd-red.md / tdd-green.md / tdd-refactor.md.
  • Skip the gate only for: typo, comment-only, formatter-only, or docs-only edits.
  • Never end a session with broken code. Before stopping (task done or still in-progress), the tree must compile and touched tests must pass — fix forward or revert, don't leave red.
  • Not in production yet — no legacy/back-compat concerns. Schema changes amend V1.0.0__Database_Creation.sql directly (see .cursor/rules/issues-flyway.mdc); never add new V1.0.x migration files.

Commands

# Backend
mvn quarkus:dev                          # run app (backend :8080 + Angular dev server via Quinoa on :4200)
mvn test                                 # all backend tests
mvn test -Dtest=TicketEndpointTest#methodName   # single test
mvn test -Dtest=ArchitectureTest         # ArchUnit rules
mvn formatter:format                     # Java formatting
mvn verify                               # full backend gate — required before marking a task done

# After backend endpoint changes, regenerate the Angular API client
mvn test && cd src/main/webui && npm run generate:api

# Frontend (src/main/webui)
npm run build                            # production build; runs generate:api via prebuild — use this, not bare `ng build`
npm test -- --no-watch --browsers=ChromeHeadless   # headless test run
npm run lint

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