CLAUDE.md examples from real projects

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awesome-claude-notes

loulanyue/awesome-claude-notes/CLAUDE.md

This is a Claude Code plugin - a collection of production-ready agents, skills, hooks, commands, rules, and MCP configurations. The project provides battle-tested workflows for software development using Claude Code. The project is organized into several core components: Follow the formats in CONTRIBUTING.md: - Agents: Markdown with frontmatter (name, description, tools, model) - Contexts: Markdown with description frontmatter and a ## Navigation section - Skills: Clear sections (When to Use, How It Works, Examples) - Commands: Markdown with description frontmatter…

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loulanyueCLAUDE.md

skills

loulanyue/skills/CLAUDE.md

Skills are organized into bucket folders under skills/: Every skill in engineering/ or productivity/ (the promoted buckets) must have a reference in the top-level README.md and an entry in .claude-plugin/plugin.json's skills array (the Claude Code plugin ships exactly the promoted set). Skills in misc/, personal/, in-progress/, and deprecated/ must not appear in either. The repo is also its own single-plugin Claude Code marketplace: .claude-plugin/marketplace.json lists the one mattpocock-skills plugin. When bumping the release version, keep .claude-plugin/plugin.json's version in sync with…

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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.