Writing a Good Claude.md

Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by whywhywhywhy on Monday December 01, 2025 @04:37AM (#46105359)

> Do I need 3+ md files in every directory?

Don’t worry, as of about 6 weeks ago when they changed the system prompt Claude will make sure every folder has way more than 3 .md files seen as it often writes 2 or more per task so if you don’t clean them up…

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Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by solumunus on Monday December 01, 2025 @08:31AM (#46107176)

Strange. I haven’t experienced this a single time and I use it almost all day everyday.

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Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by beardedwizard on Monday December 01, 2025 @10:10AM (#46108360)

That is strange because it's been going on since sonnet 4.5 release.

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Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by adobesubmarine on Monday December 01, 2025 @09:08PM (#46116538)

I also have seen this happen since then, but I actually like it. The .md files never make it into a commit, but they are quite handy for PR drafts.

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Re:Writing a Good Claude.md by solumunus on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @04:23AM (#46119304)

I wonder if it's because I have instructions for Claude to add comment blocks with explanations of behavior, etc that it can self reference in future. I guess that is filling the role that these .md files would.

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