Audit and improve CLAUDE.md files in repositories. Use when user.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
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# CLAUDE.md Improver
Audit, evaluate, and improve CLAUDE.md files across a codebase to ensure Claude Code has optimal project context.
**This skill can write to CLAUDE.md files.** After presenting a quality report and getting user approval, it updates CLAUDE.md files with targeted improvements.
## Workflow
### Phase 1: Discovery
Find all CLAUDE.md files in the repository:
```bash
find . -name "CLAUDE.md" -o -name ".claude.md" -o -name ".claude.local.md" 2>/dev/null | head -50
```
**File Types & Locations:**
| Type | Location | Purpose |
|------|----------|---------|
| Project root | `./CLAUDE.md` | Primary project context (checked into git, shared with team) |
| Local overrides | `./.claude.local.md` | Personal/local settings (gitignored, not shared) |
| Global defaults | `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` | User-wide defaults across all projects |
| Package-specific | `./packages/*/CLAUDE.md` | Module-level context in monorepos |
| Subdirectory | Any nested location | Feature/domain-specific context |
**Note:** Claude auto-discovers CLAUDE.md files in parent directories, making monorepo setups work automatically.
### Phase 2: Quality Assessment
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260610.c645100, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_pr33a666cax7tw5a
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles/claude-md-improver
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d4245ec135176403cc3a13b86c169b217ba6411ca0fd60fa9d5ac59b11713782
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