Tracked relative symlink skills/model-router -> ../mods/model-router: Claude Code loads the mod in place as model-router@skills-dir wherever link.sh links ~/.claude/skills (no CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS: absolute paths in the tracked settings.json). Engine-laid mods/*/tsconfig.json gitignored. lib/tests/mods.test.sh: manifest name, link target, claude plugin validate and test per mod, capability-probed, time-bounded, SKIP with reason. doctor.sh: fail-soft Mods section (link by -ef, one guarded plugin list). CLAUDE.md: mods/ section (loading, per-machine enabled:false switch, dev-copy shadowing, tests).
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claude-config — project instructions
Health Stack
- shell:
shellcheck *.sh hooks/*.sh lib/*.sh
rules/ maintenance
Modular instruction files loaded by Claude Code alongside the global memory.
rules/ is symlinked to ~/.claude/rules by link.sh (user scope, ALL
projects). One rule = one file = one concern.
A rule WITH paths: YAML frontmatter (glob list) loads lazily — only when
Claude reads a file matching a glob; a rule WITHOUT it loads at session
start, same cost as the global memory. Extract from CLAUDE.global.md only
what can be path-scoped (the token win) or what is generated; always-on
doctrine stays in CLAUDE.global.md. Exception: a standalone user-authored
rule set that would bust the 320-line density budget may live here WITHOUT
paths: (always-on load) — writing-style.md (BDR-085). paths: globs match against the
CURRENT project's tree — a broad glob (e.g. rules/**) can fire in foreign
projects; keep rule bodies tiny.
Docs: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory.md#path-specific-rules
Machine-owned: rules/context7.md is DELETED BY DESIGN (BDR-053,
2026-07-06) — ctx7 setup --claude --cli still writes it, but
install-plugins.sh STEP ctx7 purges it right after; the find-docs skill is
the single ctx7 surface. If it reappears (manual ctx7 setup), delete it
or re-run make plugin.
Machine-owned: the vendored graphify skill
skills/graphify/SKILL.md, skills/graphify/references/ and
.graphify_version are written by graphify claude install
(install-plugins.sh STEP graphify), which lands in the repo because
~/.claude/skills is a symlink to skills/. They are gitignored: a
pipx upgrade graphifyy used to dirty the tree and cost a
chore(graphify): sync vendored skill X -> Y commit each time.
Two graphify commands, easy to confuse, and only one restores the skill:
graphify install --platform claudecopies SKILL.md +references/+.graphify_versionintoskills/graphify/. Touches nothing else. This is the recovery command.graphify claude installwrites the CLAUDE.md graphify section and the.claude/settings.jsonPreToolUse hooks. It rewrites both guarded configs (EVAL-020, verified again 2026-09-15), so revert them after. It does NOT copy the skill.
make plugin runs both (install-plugins.sh STEP graphify) behind the
guarded-config EXIT trap, so a fresh clone is covered.
Trade-off accepted: an upstream release can now change the skill's prompt
with no diff to review. skills/graphify/test-prompts.json is hand-written
for darwin and stays tracked.
Gotcha, learned the hard way: git rm --cached keeps the working file,
but if the branch you merge into still tracks it, the merge deletes it
from disk. Untrack and merge, then restore with the command above.
mods/ — function-hooks plugins (Claude Code mods)
A mod lives in mods/<name>/ (.claude-plugin/plugin.json + hooks). It
loads through the tracked relative symlink skills/<name> -> ../mods/<name>
(~/.claude/skills links to skills/) as <name>@skills-dir, in place,
live at the next session or /reload-plugins. New mod: ln -s ../mods/<name> skills/<name> from the repo root (guard with [ -L ], a re-run nests a link).
Not CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_DIRS (absolute path, settings env has no $HOME
expansion, settings.json is tracked), nor a local marketplace (add writes
an absolute path into settings.json).
- The engine lays
mods/<name>/tsconfig.jsonand.claude-plugin/types/; both are gitignored. - Optional user config:
~/.claude/<name>.json. Its"enabled": falseis the per-machine off switch (untracked)."<name>@skills-dir": falseinenabledPluginsalso works but lands in the TRACKED settings.json and dirties every machine's tree. - A dev copy of the same name (
--plugin-dir, hot-reload link in~/.claude/dev-mods/<session>/) shadows the skills-dir copy for that session: remove it before reading/reload-pluginsas a test of the link. - Tests:
make test suite=lib/tests/mods.test.sh(manifest, link,claude plugin validate,claude plugin test).doctor.shhas a Mods section.
Transient planning artifacts
docs/superpowers/specs/** and docs/superpowers/plans/** are run-time
artifacts of a feature pipeline (subagent briefs, reviewer references).
They are committed DURING the run (the SDD worktree + reviewers read them
from disk — NOT gitignored), then AUTO-PURGED by gitflow finish on a
feature/bugfix branch, before the merge, so develop's tip stays clean
(BDR-065, lib/gitflow.sh _gitflow_purge_transient). The feature commits
stay reachable from develop, so git show <sha>:docs/… is still the archive.
Opt out with GITFLOW_PURGE_TRANSIENT=0. NOT in scope: .claude/tasks/{contracts,plans}
(durable, versioned, referenced by decisions.md). Durable knowledge goes to
.claude/memory/ registries, never to these files. Derived scan/audit
outputs (.audit/**) are gitignored and never committed, even redacted
(LRN-124).