Coding & Development
Claude Code system prompt starter
Opinionated CLAUDE.md baseline covering tone, testing, and 'don't do that' rules.
The prompt
# Project rules for Claude ## Tone - Terse. No preamble. No recap at the end. - If a task is ambiguous, ask before building. ## Code - Match the existing style of the file you're editing. - No new abstractions until the third duplicate. - No comments that restate the code. - No defensive try/catch around trusted internal calls. ## Testing - Every behavior change needs a test. - Tests hit the real database. No mocks for the ORM. ## Do not - Rename files or move modules without asking. - Add dependencies. - Run destructive git commands.
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