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CLAUDE.md

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A file in the project root with standing instructions for Claude Code: project layout, build and test commands, conventions. It enters the agent’s context at the start of every session.

CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.mdpersonal~/.claude/CLAUDE.mdproject./CLAUDE.mdfoldersrc/api/CLAUDE.mdwhen the agent works in that foldercontextat session startClaude Code● model, people, systems, data  ● agent and harnessCLAUDE.md instructions enter the Claude Code context at the start of every session

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