Anatomy of the .claude/ Folder
A complete guide to CLAUDE.md, custom commands, skills, agents, and permissions, and how to set them up properly.
Zuriel Barron
vp of engineering, dallas cowboys fan, music lover
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CLAUDE.md is your highest-leverage file. Get that right first. Everything else is optimization.
Start small, refine as you go, and treat it like any other piece of infrastructure in your project: something that pays dividends every day once it’s set up properly.