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JimLiu 10k+ stars

JimLiuPipes a download into a shellCLAUDE.md

baoyu-skills

JimLiu/baoyu-skills/CLAUDE.md

Claude Code marketplace plugin providing AI-powered content generation skills. Version: 2.0.0. Skills are exposed through the single baoyu-skills plugin in .claude-plugin/marketplace.json (which defines plugin metadata, version, and skill paths). The repo docs still group them into three logical areas: Each skill contains SKILL.md (YAML front matter + docs), optional scripts/, references/, prompts/. Top-level scripts/ contains repo maintenance utilities (sync, hooks, publish). TypeScript via Bun (no build step). Detect runtime once per session: Execute: ${BUN_X} skills/<skill>/scripts/main.ts [options] Priority: project skills/ →…

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CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md

About CLAUDE.md

What is CLAUDE.md?

A file Claude Code reads at the start of every session. It holds the commands, conventions and warnings the agent needs for this project.

Where does it go?

At the repository root. Claude Code also reads CLAUDE.md files in subdirectories when it works there.

What should it contain?

Build and test commands, the project's layout, conventions that aren't obvious from the code, and mistakes to avoid. Short files tend to work better than long ones.

CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md?

Claude Code reads CLAUDE.md; most other agents read AGENTS.md. Many projects keep one and point the other at it.