CLAUDE.md best practices: what to include and skip, with a template

Description and use

<p><em>Originally published on <a href="https://learn.homingo.co.in/guides/claude-md-best-practices" rel="noopener noreferrer">Homingo Learn</a>.</em></p> <p><em>CLAUDE.md is the note Claude Code loads into every session. Short, concrete and current, it saves you repeating yourself; long and vague, it costs context every session and is followed less reliably.</em></p> <h2> What CLAUDE.md is (and is not) </h2> <p><code>CLAUDE.md</code> is a Markdown file of standing instructions that Claude Code loads into context when a session starts. It is delivered as context, not as enforced configuration:

Problem

<p><em>Originally published on <a href="https://learn.homingo.co.in/guides/claude-md-best-practices" rel="noopener noreferrer">Homingo Learn</a>.</em></p> <p><em>CLAUDE.md is the note Claude Code loads into every session. Short, concrete and current, it saves you repeating yourself; long and vague, it costs context every session and is followed less reliably.</em></p> <h2> What CLAUDE.md is (and is not) </h2> <p><code>CLAUDE.md</code> is a Markdown file of standing instructions that Claude Code loads into context when a session starts. It is delivered as context, not as enforced configuration:

Outcome

<p><em>Originally published on <a href="https://learn.homingo.co.in/guides/claude-md-best-practices" rel="noopener noreferrer">Homingo Learn</a>.</em></p> <p><em>CLAUDE.md is the note Claude Code loads into every session. Short, concrete and current, it saves you repeating yourself; long and vague, it costs context every session and is followed less reliably.</em></p> <h2> What CLAUDE.md is (and is not) </h2> <p><code>CLAUDE.md</code> is a Markdown file of standing instructions that Claude Code loads into context when a session starts. It is delivered as context, not as enforced configuration:

Evidence

CLAUDE.md best practices: what to include and skip, with a template

Source