Cross-tool adoption. Codex, Gemini Code Assist, and any AI tool honouring
the AGENTS.md convention can now read the same instructions as Claude,
without the user maintaining two files by hand.
hooks/claude-to-agents.py (new, standalone, idempotent):
- argparse: --mode={symlink,copy,inline-chain} (default symlink),
--source (default CLAUDE.md), --output (default AGENTS.md), --force.
- Symlink mode: ln -s CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md. Windows falls back to
--copy with a stderr notice.
- Copy mode: byte-for-byte snapshot via shutil.copyfile.
- Inline-chain mode: depth-first walk of @path imports, recursive,
cycle-safe (each file read at most once). Output flattens every
chained sub-file under <!-- inlined from <rel> --> markers and
strips two flavours of Claude-only scaffolding:
• The @path import lines themselves (other tools don't resolve
them).
• Backlink quote-blocks ("> Parent context: ..." /
"> Chained import: `@../CLAUDE.md`") that we emit on every
sub-CLAUDE.md.
- Safety: existing AGENTS.md (file or symlink) is renamed to
AGENTS.md.backup.<UTC-ts> before overwrite. --force skips the
backup. Microsecond timestamp precision so back-to-back writes
don't collide.
- Exit codes: 0 success, 1 user error (missing source / unknown
mode), 2 filesystem error (symlink failure).
command/claude-to-agents.md (new slash command):
- allowed-tools: Read, Write, Glob, Bash(python3:*), Bash(ls:*),
Bash(test:*), Bash(readlink:*).
- disallowedTools: WebFetch, WebSearch (no exfiltration vector).
- argument-hint and when_to_use surface the three modes.
- Body specifies a heuristic: default to --symlink for single-file
projects, recommend --inline-chain when find . -name CLAUDE.md
returns more than one. Documents per-mode verification commands.
.claude-plugin/plugin.json:
Registers ./command/claude-to-agents.md alongside the existing two.
install.sh + install.ps1:
Banner and uninstall sections list the new command. The command
install loop already iterates command/*.md so the file itself is
copied automatically.
README.md:
/claude-to-agents added to "What's Included" under Slash commands
with a one-paragraph description covering all three modes.
Quick Stats: "2 slash commands" -> "3 slash commands".
CHANGELOG.md:
New "wave 5" entry under [Unreleased].
Verified (7/7 integration checks):
- Plugin manifest registers the command; all 9 referenced paths
resolve on disk.
- Slash command frontmatter has all required fields including
WebFetch in disallowedTools.
- Script has executable bit set.
- Both install scripts list claude-to-agents.md.
- install.sh passes bash -n.
- End-to-end against a synthetic chained CLAUDE.md tree with a
deliberate back-import cycle: symlink mode creates valid symlink;
copy mode produces bytewise-identical AGENTS.md and backs up the
prior symlink (1 backup); inline-chain mode inlines both
sub-files, strips backlinks AND chain-import lines, handles the
cycle (each file read once), backs up the prior file (2 backups
total).
- Missing source returns rc=1 with stderr message.
Three new task-style skills, each using Anthropic's context: fork + agent:
Explore so the work happens in an isolated subagent context and only a
short summary returns to the main session.
skill/claude-md-drift-audit/SKILL.md (51 lines):
Walks the last N days of git history (default 7) and flags CLAUDE.md
lines that reference deleted paths, renamed paths, or removed
dependencies from that window. Returns a punch list with file:line.
Read-only. Standalone invocation: /claude-md-drift-audit [days=7].
skill/claude-md-link-check/SKILL.md (51 lines):
Verifies every @path chain import and every relative markdown link
inside every CLAUDE.md resolves to an existing file. Returns broken
links with file:line. Read-only. Standalone: /claude-md-link-check
[path-glob].
skill/claude-md-dependency-rescan/SKILL.md (54 lines):
Re-detects the project's tech stack from package.json /
requirements.txt / pyproject.toml / go.mod / Cargo.toml and diffs
against every CLAUDE.md's Tech Stack section. Returns added /
removed / renamed per file. Read-only. Standalone:
/claude-md-dependency-rescan [manifest-path].
command/sync-claude-md.md:
- argument-hint and when_to_use mention --weekly.
- New Phase 0 (only when --weekly is passed): invoke the three skills
above in parallel via the Skill tool, aggregate findings into
## Weekly Audit Summary, then proceed to existing Phase 1.
- Without --weekly, Phase 0 is skipped entirely (no behaviour change
for normal sync runs).
.claude-plugin/plugin.json:
skills array now lists all five entries (existing two + three new).
Verified (6/6 smoke tests):
- Plugin manifest is valid JSON; 5 skills registered; all 8
referenced paths resolve on disk.
- Each new SKILL.md parses; context=fork, agent=Explore, both
description and when_to_use present, allowed-tools is a list,
body ≤ 60 lines.
- Each body is imperative (numbered steps present, not reference
material — fork-context requires explicit task instructions).
- Sync command body contains Phase 0, all three skill references,
parallel-invocation language, and Skill in allowed-tools.
- Skill name in frontmatter matches the directory name for every
new skill (so /claude-md-drift-audit etc. register correctly).
Wave 3 - adoption hardening. Patterns adapted (in original prose, with
attribution) from MIT-licensed shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice.
Commands (command/enhance-claude-md.md, command/sync-claude-md.md):
- Add allowed-tools / disallowedTools / argument-hint / when_to_use so the
commands auto-suggest in the slash menu and avoid permission prompts.
- disallowedTools blocks WebFetch + WebSearch on both commands.
- Drop the previous broken hooks block (array-of-{matcher, commands} shape
did not match canonical schema; was never firing).
Skills:
- skill/karpathy-guidelines/SKILL.md: paths: glob over 23 code-file
extensions, so the guardrails auto-load only when editing source, not
markdown or data.
- skill/SKILL.md: model: haiku, effort: medium, paths: scoped to CLAUDE.md
+ AGENTS.md + .claude/rules/*.md so validator/generator passes run
cheaply without changing the user-facing model.
CLAUDE.local.md personal tier:
- skill/validator.py BestPracticesValidator now accepts filename=; any
*.local.md basename waives the 150-line cap.
- hooks/validate-claude-md.py reads the exempt suffix from hooks-config.
- .gitignore covers CLAUDE.local.md, **/CLAUDE.local.md,
.claude/settings.local.json, hooks/hooks-config.local.json.
Layered hook config:
- hooks/hooks-config.json: committed defaults
(validateClaudeMd.enabled/maxLines/exemptFilenameSuffix/exitCodeOnViolation,
stopAuditLine.enabled).
- hooks/validate-claude-md.py merges hooks-config.json +
hooks-config.local.json key-by-key; honours enabled=false (silent
exit 0), configurable cap, configurable exit code.
Stop audit hook:
- hooks/audit-claude-md.py walks the project tree, prints one stderr
line: total tracked / OVER cap / near cap (>=80%). Respects
stopAuditLine.enabled from config.
- hooks/hooks.json registers Stop event with matcher "".
Guardian fail-closed contract:
- agent/claude-md-guardian.md Safety & Validation section now explicitly
requires Skill-tool invocation (no inline paraphrase of SKILL.md),
abort on missing validated output, never auto-commit, and respect
local hook config.
Verified (8/8 smoke tests):
- Both commands parse with new fields and no broken hooks block.
- karpathy paths: 23 globs, includes .py/.ts/.go/.rs.
- skill model=haiku effort=medium with CLAUDE.md path scope.
- Validator: *.local.md (300 lines) -> pass; CLAUDE.md (300) -> fail;
legacy ctor without filename -> default behavior preserved.
- hooks-config.json valid; validateClaudeMd.enabled=true, maxLines=150.
- Hook validator: default rc=2 on bloated, rc=0 when local override
disables it, rc=0 on *.local.md (exempt).
- Stop hook entry present; audit script: rc=0 with "5 CLAUDE.md tracked".
- Regression: large-fullstack root still 52 lines with chain imports.
Closes the gap between ClaudeForge and the Anthropic docs at
code.claude.com/docs/en/memory (and its linked hooks / skills / plugins
pages). Five tightly-scoped changes, each verified by smoke test.
A. Fix guardian hook frontmatter shape (agent/claude-md-guardian.md)
The previous array-of-{event, commands} shape did not match the
documented schema (hooks: { EventName: [{ matcher, hooks: [{ type,
command }] }] }), so the guardian's hooks silently did not fire.
Rewritten to the canonical keyed-object shape with PostToolUse,
PreToolUse, SessionStart, and the new InstructionsLoaded event.
B+C. Plugin-level hooks/hooks.json + hooks/validate-claude-md.py
New deterministic enforcement of the 150-line cap. The validator
script reads the hook payload from stdin, extracts any referenced
CLAUDE.md path (supports both PostToolUse tool_input.file_path and
InstructionsLoaded path / file shapes), and exits 2 with stderr
feedback when the file is over 150 lines. Wired to both PostToolUse
on Write|Edit and InstructionsLoaded on every load_reason
(session_start, nested_traversal, path_glob_match, include, compact).
The cap is now enforced at every load *and* write, not only when the
guardian decides to run sync.
D. ContentGenerator.generate_rules_file() (skill/generator.py)
Emits path-scoped .claude/rules/*.md instruction files with name,
description, and paths: glob frontmatter. Claude loads these
lazily — only when accessing files matching the globs — so
file-type-specific guidance no longer has to live in the root
CLAUDE.md. Validates that paths is non-empty (ValueError otherwise).
E. AGENTS.md / .cursorrules / .windsurfrules interop
command/enhance-claude-md.md Phase 1 now lists which sibling
instruction files exist. ContentGenerator.generate_root_file() reads
project_context['existing_instruction_files'] and prepends an
## External Instructions section with @AGENTS.md (etc.) imports, so
repos already using other agent tooling can adopt ClaudeForge
without losing their existing instructions.
Smoke tests (all pass):
- Guardian hooks frontmatter parses as a dict with 4 events, each
carrying matcher + nested hooks array of {type, command} entries.
- hooks.json is valid JSON; PostToolUse matcher = Write|Edit;
InstructionsLoaded matcher covers all five load_reason values.
- validate-claude-md.py: small file -> rc 0, bloated file (200 lines)
-> rc 2 with stderr referencing the 150 cap, InstructionsLoaded
payload shape also handled, non-CLAUDE.md paths ignored, no stdin
-> rc 0.
- generate_rules_file emits valid frontmatter with paths glob and
raises ValueError when paths is empty.
- generate_root_file inserts @AGENTS.md and @.cursorrules imports
when existing_instruction_files lists them; omits the section
otherwise.
- Regression: large-fullstack root still 52 lines with chain imports
intact; all five sub-CLAUDE.md files in this repo still pass
validator (status = pass).
Docs:
- agent/CLAUDE.md updated to show the canonical hook shape and the
hook-driven validator wiring.
- skill/CLAUDE.md notes generate_rules_file and AGENTS.md interop.
- CHANGELOG.md documents all five changes under Unreleased.
Splits the 518-line root CLAUDE.md into a 70-line root plus four chained
sub-files (skill/, command/, agent/, docs/), all under the 150-line cap,
and prunes stale references uncovered by the audit.
- CLAUDE.md (518 -> 70): project overview, navigation with @-imports,
behavioural guidelines summary, naming reference, license link
- skill/CLAUDE.md (85): component flow, Python module architecture,
modifying modules, adding templates, tech-stack detection, quality
scoring, karpathy skill
- command/CLAUDE.md (38): slash command development, top-level .md install
layout, skill <-> command integration
- agent/CLAUDE.md (70): guardian frontmatter, hook responsibilities,
skill <-> agent integration, git triggers
- docs/CLAUDE.md (109): install verification, smoke test, manual e2e
tests, common operations, release process
Stale content removed:
- 'Dual Directory Structure' section (claude-md-enhancer/ legacy dir
does not exist on disk)
- '20-300 lines' / '300-line cap' references rewritten to 150
- '~/.claude/commands/enhance-claude-md/' bundle paths rewritten to
top-level '.md' files (matching the new installer layout)
- 'Three integrated components' updated to five
- 'Current Version: 2.0.0' updated to 2.1.0
- '6 examples' in sample_input.json claim corrected (file has 1 scenario)
Each sub-file opens with a markdown back-link and @../CLAUDE.md import;
root contains @-imports for all four sub-files. Validator passes (status
pass) for every file.
Turns ClaudeForge into an installable Claude Code plugin and adds the
missing pieces for a clean lifecycle: hard line-cap enforcement, modular
chaining via @path imports, a sync/cleanup command, and Explore-agent
delegation for project discovery.
- .claude-plugin/plugin.json: plugin manifest registering both skills,
both commands, and the guardian agent (installable via /plugin marketplace
add alirezarezvani/ClaudeForge && /plugin install claudeforge)
- skill/validator.py: MAX_RECOMMENDED_LINES 300 -> 150 (warning at 120)
- skill/template_selector.py: target_lines capped at 150 across all
team sizes (solo 75 / small 100 / medium 125 / large 150) so any
single CLAUDE.md fits within the cap; bigger projects spread content
across modular sub-files
- skill/analyzer.py: length thresholds, quality scoring, and recommendations
rebased on the 150 cap (was 300/400)
- skill/generator.py: modular root now emits @path imports next to the
human-readable links; every sub-CLAUDE.md gets a back-link header
pointing to ../CLAUDE.md (markdown + @import) for bidirectional chaining
- command/sync-claude-md.md: new /sync-claude-md command that inventories
every CLAUDE.md, prunes stale references, enforces the 150 cap by
splitting into sub-files, and repairs the root <-> sub chain
- command/enhance-claude-md.md: discovery phase now delegates the deep
codebase scan to the Explore subagent to keep context lean
- install.sh / install.ps1: each command in command/ installs as its own
~/.claude/commands/<name>.md (legacy bundle backed up on upgrade)
- skill/SKILL.md, CLAUDE.md, README.md, CHANGELOG.md: docs updated for
the plugin install path, sync command, and new line cap
Verified via smoke test: validator constants, template targets, generator
output line counts across 5 presets (all <= 150), context files with
backlinks, @-import chain in modular root, idempotent merge_with_existing,
validator status transitions at the new cap, analyzer quality differential,
and plugin manifest JSON shape with all referenced paths existing on disk.
Claude
Alireza Rezvani
Alireza Rezvani