My CLAUDE.md file
Peter Hartree
I've published the global CLAUDE.md that I use with Claude Code.
The file includes:
- Safety rules —
trashinstead ofrm -rf, restrict repo cloning - Filesystem map — helps Claude find files and project repos outside the current working directory.
- Output conventions — British English, sentence case, em dashes, absolute paths
- Dual-machine setup — running Claude on a remote Mac Mini via tmux
- Communication preferences — "Be direct and intellectually honest", etc.
- Basic "about me" info — name, timezone, abbreviations
And some bugfixes:
- AI model reference — prevent model ID hallucination, and denials that recent models exist
- Calendar date verification — fix one-day off date errors
And, experimentally:
- MEMORY.md convention — guidelines for maintaining per-project memory
