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These are living documents — read them first, keep them current. Read this first — start of every session (or just run /handoff): 1. HANDOFF.md — the session baton: what the last session changed, the next step, gotchas. Assume zero memory of prior sessions. 2. STATUS.md — the board: built / in progress / planned. 3. SPEC.md — the contract: what this is, the load-bearing principles, where it's going. Build to it. 4. STRATEGY.md — the honest why / direction.…
The file
We split this CLAUDE.md into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈1
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 16
Always update HANDOFF.md (what changed, next step, gotchas) and STATUS.md (refresh the board).
- Very specific: line 17
Update SPEC.md, STRATEGY.md, or README.md whenever the change touched what they cover — and add a dated changelog line.
- Distinctive: line 18
Never commit without explicit user authorization.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 26,980 CLAUDE.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
CLAUDE.md
<!-- stuntman:scaffold:start -->Project memory protocol
These are living documents — read them first, keep them current.
Read this first — start of every session (or just run /handoff):
HANDOFF.md— the session baton: what the last session changed, the next step, gotchas. Assume zero memory of prior sessions.STATUS.md— the board: built / in progress / planned.SPEC.md— the contract: what this is, the load-bearing principles, where it's going. Build to it.STRATEGY.md— the honest why / direction. Read before any big call.README.md— what the project is and how to run it.
Before you stop — end of every session:
- Always update
HANDOFF.md(what changed, next step, gotchas) andSTATUS.md(refresh the board). - Update
SPEC.md,STRATEGY.md, orREADME.mdwhenever the change touched what they cover — and add a dated changelog line. - Never commit without explicit user authorization.
A task isn't "done" until the docs its change touched reflect it.
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