here is their privacy policy: https://privacy.claude.com/en/articles/10023580-is-my-data-u...
but, again, in my case this is more about my project/user specific corrections and preferences
LLMs degrade as the context / prompt size grow. For that reason I don't even use a CLAUDE.md at all.
There are very few bits that I do need to routinely repeat, because those are captured by linters/tests, or prevented by subdividing the tasks in small-enough chunks.
Maybe at times I wish I could quickly add some frequently used text to prompts (e.g. "iterate using `make test TEST=foo`"), but otherwise I don't want to delegate context/prompt building to an AI - it would quickly snowball.
# Check for POSITIVE patterns (new in v3)
elif echo "$PROMPT" | grep -qiE "perfect!|exactly right|that's exactly|that's what I wanted|great approach|keep doing this|love it|excellent|nailed it"; then
is fanciful.[1] https://github.com/BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect/blob/main/sc...
I use claude code extensively, and lately it does all the coding for me. I've been asking it to go through claude.md to see if it needs to be updated after making changes.
I'm now thinking that I will let claude code write code, but never touch claude.md. It needs to be as short and I need to have full control over it.
As i lead the direction of the development the claude.md is my primary way of influencing it, in every single session.
Wdyt?
What's worked for me: having separate sections for "things Claude needs every session" vs "reference material it can look up when needed". The former stays concise. The latter can grow.
The anti-pattern I see is people treating it like a growing todo list or dumping every correction in there. That's when you get rot. If a correction matters, it should probably become a linting rule or a test anyway.
If your CLAUDE.md approach is public, would be interested to learn from it.
And I am back to manually including markdown files in the prompt.
Say I have a TypeScript.md file with formatting and programming guidelines for TypeScript. Sometimes Claude edit TypeScript files without consulting it, despite it being linked referenced CLAUDE.md.
bonsai_spool•1d ago
Currently, I have Claude set up a directory with CLAUDE.md, a roadmap, a frequently used commands guide, detailed by-phase plans, and a session log with per-session insights and next steps.
After each phase is done, I have it update the documents and ask what could have been done to make the session easier—often the answer is clearer instructions, which eventually leads to topic-specific documents or a new Claude Skill.
(edit) These reflection tasks are spelled out in the CLAUDE.md and in the docs directory, so I don't have to type them. Each new session, I paste a guide for how Claude should access the information from the last session.
Bayram•1d ago
So probably complementary to what you're doing, not a replacement. If you're already doing post-phase reviews, you might catch most of this anyway.
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Continuation prompt The zip archive above is just a standard Python module with __init__ and hints at how I'd like things to be named.joostdevries•1d ago
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