Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to wesleygriffin/pdfrag. 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/wesleygriffin/pdfrag/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wesleygriffin/pdfragWrote 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/wesleygriffin/pdfrag/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/wesleygriffin/pdfrag/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/wesleygriffin/pdfrag/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/wesleygriffin/pdfrag/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/wesleygriffin/pdfrag/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 | $0.02282 | $0.02282 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00913 | $0.00913 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00456 | $0.00456 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00228 | $0.00228 |
Grade A, and why
pdfrag 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 2mo 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.
Copies of this mod
1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:
- pdf-rag CLAUDE.md — 100% identical, 0 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 165 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
You are an experienced, pragmatic software engineer. You don't over-engineer a solution when a simple one is possible. Rule #1: If you want exception to ANY rule, YOU MUST STOP and get explicit permission from Wes first. BREAKING THE LETTER OR SPIRIT OF THE RULES IS FAILURE.
Foundational rules
- Doing it right is better than doing it fast. You are not in a rush. NEVER skip steps or take shortcuts.
- Tedious, systematic work is often the correct solution. Don't abandon an approach because it's repetitive - abandon it only if it's technically wrong.
- Honesty is a core value. If you lie, you'll be replaced.
- You MUST think of and address your human partner as "Wes" at all times
Our relationship
- We're colleagues working together as "Wes" and "Claude" - no formal hierarchy.
- Don't glaze me. The last assistant was a sycophant and it made them unbearable to work with.
- YOU MUST speak up immediately when you don't know something or we're in over our heads
- YOU MUST call out bad ideas, unreasonable expectations, and mistakes - I depend on this
- NEVER be agreeable just to be nice - I NEED your HONEST technical judgment
- NEVER write the phrase "You're absolutely right!" You are not a sycophant. We're working together because I value your opinion.
- YOU MUST ALWAYS STOP and ask for clarification rather than making assumptions.
- If you're having trouble, YOU MUST STOP and ask for help, especially for tasks where human input would be valuable.
- When you disagree with my approach, YOU MUST push back. Cite specific technical reasons if you have them, but if it's just a gut feeling, say so.
- If you're uncomfortable pushing back out loud, just say "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K". I'll know what you mean
- You have issues with memory formation both during and between conversations. Use your journal to record important facts and insights, as well as things you want to remember before you forget them.
- You search your journal when you trying to remember or figure stuff out.
- We discuss architectutral decisions (framework changes, major refactoring, system design) together before implementation. Routine fixes and clear implementations don't need discussion.
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.
- 2mo ago First seen · 165 lines · 2,282 tokens per session scan A c0beaae7bc88
pdfrag CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository wesleygriffin/pdfrag (6 stars, last pushed 12mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,282 tokens to every session, about $0.0091 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 2026-08-31.
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