ai-for-sci-dev

Take-Home Examples

Generic starter files for Claude Code on the Flatiron HPC. Copy, adapt, commit.

What’s here

File	Install to	Purpose
settings.json	~/.claude/settings.json	User-level defaults — model, env, permissions, attribution
CLAUDE.global.md	~/.claude/CLAUDE.md	Persistent instructions for every session — your dev environment
CLAUDE.project.md	<your-repo>/CLAUDE.md	Per-repo instructions — build, test, conventions
skills/debrief/	~/.claude/skills/debrief/	Example user-invoked skill — distill session learnings into persistent files

Quick install

# user-level settings + global CLAUDE.md + debrief skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp settings.json   ~/.claude/settings.json
cp CLAUDE.global.md ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
cp -r skills/debrief ~/.claude/skills/

# project-level CLAUDE.md (run inside the target repo)
cp CLAUDE.project.md /path/to/repo/CLAUDE.md

If you already have any of these files, don’t blindly overwrite — diff first:

diff -u ~/.claude/settings.json settings.json

Reminders

• Settings precedence (highest → lowest): managed → CLI → .claude/settings.local.json → .claude/settings.json → ~/.claude/settings.json
• .claude/settings.local.json is gitignored — use it for per-checkout overrides
• CLAUDE.md in a subdirectory loads on demand when Claude reads files there
• Skills require YAML frontmatter with at minimum name and description

Where to go next

• Slash command tour: /help, /status, /config, /context, /usage, /model, /effort, /memory, /permissions, /powerup
• Plan mode: Shift+Tab cycles default → acceptEdits → plan
• Mid-session navigation: Esc (interrupt), Esc Esc (rewind), /resume, /fork, /rename