Claude Code Template for Python

A CLAUDE.md at your project root is the most common setup. But you can also have one in ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md for global preferences that apply across all projects, and even one inside subdirectories for folder-specific rules. Claude reads all of them and combines them.

This is what the Claude documentations tells me for my personal use (docu):

your-repo/
└── .claude/
    ├── CLAUDE.md               # Location for main instructions
    └── rules/
        ├── code-style.md       # Code style guidelines
        ├── testing.md          # Testing conventions
        └── security.md         # Security requirements

(Alternativ kann CLAUDE.md file auch in root folder abgelegt werden)

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Es empfhielt sich direkt in CLAUDE.md einen Hinweis auf die Code-Guidelines zu geben (Custom coding instructions for AI Agents - Guidelines). Wie dies aussehen könnte, zeigt das Beispiel unten:

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## Code Guidelines

**Important:** All code changes must strictly follow the guidelines defined in `.claude/rules/code-style.md`. 
Always consult this file before writing or modifying any code and ensure full compliance with the standards defined there.

• Option 1: Project Memory
• Option 2: Project Memory but is gitignored
• Option 3: User Memory

Subdirectories

Rules can be organized into subdirectories for better structure (docu):

.claude/rules/
├── frontend/
│   ├── react.md
│   └── styles.md
├── backend/
│   ├── api.md
│   └── database.md
└── general.md