CLAUDE.md Authoring

by luongnv89

CLAUDE.md Authoring is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by luongnv89 in claude-howto.

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Install CLAUDE.md Authoring

Copy CLAUDE.md Authoring into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/luongnv89/claude-howto/tree/main/03-skills/claude-md ~/.claude/skills/claude-md

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/luongnv89/claude-howto.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: 03-skills/claude-md/SKILL.md in luongnv89/claude-howto
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/claude-md
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What CLAUDE.md Authoring does

CLAUDE.md Authoring creates, updates, and audits CLAUDE.md files following best practices for optimal AI agent onboarding, using progressive disclosure and removing anti-patterns to keep instructions concise.

CLAUDE.md Authoring is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. CLAUDE.md Authoring comes from a repository tagged claude-code, guide and tutorial.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

You MUST consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty). User may specify:

create - Create new CLAUDE.md from scratch
update - Improve existing CLAUDE.md
audit - Analyze and report on current CLAUDE.md quality
A specific path to create/update (e.g., src/api/CLAUDE.md for directory-specific instructions)

Core Principles

LLMs are stateless: CLAUDE.md is the only file automatically included in every conversation. It serves as the primary onboarding document for AI agents into your codebase.

The Golden Rules

Less is More: Frontier LLMs can follow ~150-200 instructions. Claude Code's system prompt already uses ~50. Keep your CLAUDE.md focused and concise.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about CLAUDE.md Authoring

What else does luongnv89 publish alongside CLAUDE.md Authoring?
CLAUDE.md Authoring is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from luongnv89/claude-howto, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Documentation Generator, API Documentation Generator and Blog Draft. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way CLAUDE.md Authoring does, and is maintained by luongnv89 in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the luongnv89/claude-howto page.
How does CLAUDE.md Authoring compare to other AI Engineering skills?
CLAUDE.md Authoring ranks #122 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of CLAUDE.md Authoring against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.