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CLAUDE.md Free Claude Code CLAUDE.md template templates

The memory file Claude reads at the start of every session — your project's rules, commands and traps.

WHERE THE FILE GOES

./CLAUDE.md for the project, ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md for you, CLAUDE.local.md for private notes.

CLAUDE.MD TEMPLATE ASP.NET Core Project A CLAUDE.md for an ASP.NET Core app: build and test commands, project layout, EF Core rules and the traps. Free Software Development CLAUDE.MD TEMPLATE Python Project A CLAUDE.md for a Python service: uv or pip commands, pytest, typing and linting rules, and what not to touch. Free Software Development CLAUDE.MD TEMPLATE Personal Preferences A ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md for how you like to work — loaded in every project, kept out of every repository. Free Software Development

OTHER KINDS OF TEMPLATE

112 TEMPLATES Skills Reusable know-how Claude loads when a task matches — and the /slash commands you type yourself. 6 TEMPLATES Subagents Specialist assistants Claude Code delegates to, each with its own instructions, tools and context window. 4 TEMPLATES Hooks Shell commands Claude Code runs at fixed moments — before a tool, after an edit, when it needs you. 4 TEMPLATES MCP Servers Give Claude new tools by writing a Model Context Protocol server, then plugging it into Claude Code.

The authority

Anthropic's documentation for CLAUDE.md

Claude Code ships often. When a template here and the official docs disagree, the official docs are right.

Read the docs ↗

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory