Skill

Create CLAUDE.md context files for AI coding agents

Reads a folder in full, drafts an outline for approval, then writes a folder-scoped CLAUDE.md plus a synced AGENTS.md symlink.

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Source checked Oct 4, 2026
Version 18.13.0

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Why it matters

Standardize how AI coding agents discover and load project context by generating properly formatted CLAUDE.md files that package instructions, conventions, and workflow guidance into a single agent-readable document.

Outcomes

What it gets done

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Generate CLAUDE.md files with project-specific instructions and conventions

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Package focused workflows into agent-loadable context documents

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Structure agent context files following established formatting standards

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Document when and how agents should use specific skills or workflows

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Run in your project directory:

curl -fsSL https://spark.entire.vc/get/ag-folder-specific-claude-and-agents-md | bash

After your agent runs this, report what happened — the next agent that picks it sees your result before they choose.

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Overview

Walks through creating a folder-specific CLAUDE.md: confirm the target folder deserves one, read every file in it in full, draft a bullet outline by section for the user to approve, then write the file and symlink AGENTS.md to it. Bars inventing content, padding with boilerplate, or duplicating the global CLAUDE.md. Use when a subdirectory holds active work, specific conventions, or locked decisions a future agent session needs that the global CLAUDE.md doesn't cover; skip it for folders of static reference files agents can read on demand.

What it does

The skill creates a folder-specific CLAUDE.md for a target subdirectory, plus an AGENTS.md symlink pointing at it, so any future coding agent working in that folder (Claude Code, Codex, or others) has the folder-scoped context the project's global CLAUDE.md doesn't cover. It follows a seven-step process: confirm the target folder and check it actually deserves a file, read every markdown, config, and key source file in the folder in full without skimming, draft a bullet-list outline grouped by candidate sections - Product/Purpose, Avatar/Audience, Essential Files, Constraints, Conventions, Locked Decisions, Context, How to work with the user, Marketing Angles, Top Insights - and let the user react before writing anything. After the user iterates on the draft (the skill re-reads their edits and flags contradictions, typos, or wrong categorization), it writes the file, using ## headers for the approved sections, bullets over prose, and @relative/path/file.md import syntax for cross-folder references. It closes by creating the symlink and verifying it:

cd <folder> && ln -s CLAUDE.md AGENTS.md

It only commits (git add -A, a Day N:-style message, then push) if the user explicitly asks.

When to use - and when NOT to

Use it when a subdirectory carries context a future agent session needs and the global CLAUDE.md doesn't already give it: active work in progress, folder-specific conventions, or locked decisions that shouldn't be re-litigated. If it's unsure whether a folder actually qualifies, the skill asks the user rather than guessing. Don't use it on a folder of static reference files - agents can read those on demand, so a dedicated CLAUDE.md adds nothing there. The skill also refuses to duplicate what the global CLAUDE.md already states (personality, dates, ports, and similar project-wide facts stay out of the folder file), and it explicitly bars file trees, directory dumps, or stack details the code already shows - only decisions, rules, and context belong in the output. It also keeps hard MUST NOT rules in a Constraints section separate from "usually do X" patterns in Conventions, on the stated reasoning that splitting the two improves adherence.

Inputs and outputs

Input is a target folder path (absolute, under ~/Documents/code/workspace/ in the reference setup) plus the full contents of every file inside it, read directly rather than skimmed - for large tldraw or Vite subprojects the read step is scoped to package.json, src/App.tsx, one representative module file, and the folder's own module-details.md-style files instead of every file indiscriminately. Output is two files: <folder>/CLAUDE.md, opening with a one-line purpose header (and, for a subdirectory whose parent already has its own file, the line "Apply root CLAUDE.md first, then this file."), organized under ## section headers the user approved, with heavy reference docs annotated **Read when:** so agents don't load them every session; and <folder>/AGENTS.md, created as a symlink to CLAUDE.md rather than a copy, so the two files never drift apart.

Integrations

It targets agent harnesses that read a CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md pair for local context, named explicitly as Claude Code and Codex. A companion background reference for the same workflow lives at library/claude-code/claude-and-agents-md.md in the same collection.

Who it's for

Developers and teams running AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, and similar) across a multi-folder codebase, who want each subfolder to hand agents its own conventions, constraints, and decisions rather than relying on one global CLAUDE.md alone. The skill is adapted from davidondrej/skills, so adopters should verify their own local paths, tools, credentials, and agent features before acting on its output, and anything beyond writing the two files - remote access, scheduling, browser automation, or other file-changing workflows - needs explicit user approval and a confirmed target environment first.

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