sova: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

sova CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from xsovad06/sova. It costs 2,221 tokens per session, scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A project instruction file for SOVA, a command-line tool that helps run and manage software projects. It documents commands for setup, issue work, a dashboard, and a background server.

In plain words
What is it for?
Running setup and issue tasks, opening the local dashboard, and starting, stopping, restarting, or checking the SOVA server.
Why use it?
It gives the coding agent the project-specific commands and operating rules in one place, reducing guesswork when running or managing SOVA.

Instructions file for Claude Code

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

This is xsovad06/sova's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on sova 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 sova configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to xsovad06/sova. 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/xsovad06/sova/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xsovad06/sova

Made for: Claude Code.

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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Measured today against content hash a4b2441acf75, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

sova 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 today.

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.

CLAUDE.md · 215 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 215 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

@AGENTS.md

CLAUDE.md

This file provides Claude Code-specific commands and behaviors. Architecture, conventions, and cross-cutting rules are in AGENTS.md and .claude/rules/*.md. This file contains only run commands, knowledge system config, and Claude-specific preferences.

Running the Project

# SOVA CLI (globally installed via: pip install --user --break-system-packages -e .)
sova --help                         # Show all commands
sova install /path/to/project       # Install SOVA into a project
sova setup /path/to/project         # Run setup wizard
sova uninstall /path/to/project     # Remove SOVA from a project
sova run 42                         # Work on issue #42
sova triage 42                      # Triage a single issue
sova briefing                       # Show awareness briefing
sova dashboard --project /path      # Start web UI at http://localhost:8111

# Server management (dashboard + scheduler daemon)
sova server start                   # Start the server
sova server restart                 # Restart the server
sova server stop                    # Stop the server
sova server status                  # Check if server is running
sova server digest --hours 24       # Show activity summary
sova server install-service --type systemd  # Install as system service

# Dashboard (shortcut)
make serve                          # Start web UI at http://localhost:8111

# Development
make check                          # Run all linters + tests (same pytest invocation as CI via make test-ci; see docs/testing-guidelines.md)
make test                           # Run bash + python tests
make lint                           # ShellCheck + Ruff
make format                         # Auto-format Python code
make marketplace                    # Regenerate plugins/sova/ from sova/commands/data/commands/ (run after editing a published command)
make commands-render                # Regenerate .claude/commands/ from sova/commands/data/commands/ (run after editing a managed command)
make skills-render                  # Regenerate .agents/skills/ from sova/commands/data/commands/ and sova/commands/data/skills/ (run after editing a managed command or skill)

# Git hooks (after fresh clone)
git config core.hooksPath .githooks

Read the full file on GitHub · 215 lines

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sova CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository xsovad06/sova (2 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 2,221 tokens to every session, about $0.0089 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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