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I won't lie, this sounds like a recipe for context rot. LLMs degrade as the context / prompt size grow. For that reason I don't even use a CLAUDE.md at all. T
by vemv 9mo ago
I won't lie, this sounds like a recipe for context rot.
LLMs degrade as the context / prompt size grow. For that reason I don't even use a CLAUDE.md at all.
There are very few bits that I do need to routinely repeat, because those are captured by linters/tests, or prevented by subdividing the tasks in small-enough chunks.
Maybe at times I wish I could quickly add some frequently used text to prompts (e.g. "iterate using `make test TEST=foo`"), but otherwise I don't want to delegate context/prompt building to an AI - it would quickly snowball.
- Bayram 9mo agoAgree, thats why I did 2 things: 1) HITL - you review/approve changes 2) Added some instructions around limiting the claude.md size and keeping it concise
- alangibson 9mo agoIt's worth noting that the Claude Code team themselves add corrections to their CLAUDE.md file. So as long as you curate the corrections you're probably fine.
- j45 9mo agoThere is some amount of additions / corrections that can merge into simpler explanations over time.