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		gitgud 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a good Claude.md > 1. A centralized location, like a README (congrats, you've just invented CLAUDE.md) README files are not a new concept, and have been used in software for like 5 decades now, whereas CLAUDE.md files were invented 12 months ago...

bastawhiz 5 days ago [–]

You can also use your README (and in my own private project, I do!). But for folks who don't want their README clogged up with lots of facts about the project, you have CLAUDE.md

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