Re:How Claude Code works in large codebases
by adevopsguy on Friday May 15, 2026 @04:58AM
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> Am I using it wrong?
I stopped using `/init` and having CLAUDE|AGENTS.md files that explained the codebase. The only thing I kept was how it should explore the codebase and use `git log` when researching, which is probably redundant too. I can't figure it out either.
The codebase I work on is roughly 100k LOC so idk if it is considered large. Personally it's the largest repo I have worked on.
I stopped using `/init` and having CLAUDE|AGENTS.md files that explained the codebase. The only thing I kept was how it should explore the codebase and use `git log` when researching, which is probably redundant too. I can't figure it out either.
The codebase I work on is roughly 100k LOC so idk if it is considered large. Personally it's the largest repo I have worked on.