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CLAUDE.md from chrono-meta/forge-harness is a CLAUDE.md file: the standing instructions Claude Code reads in that repo.

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mdr add chrono-meta/forge-harness/CLAUDE.md@git:20261028.262afbe

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CLAUDE.md file
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chrono-meta/forge-harness
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CLAUDE.md
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Repository stars
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MIT

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What the file says

# forge-harness — Persistent Knowledge Hub (resident core)

> Operational ruleset for AI (Claude Code). Humans: `README.md` · first-time "how do I use this": `docs/USER_GUIDE.md`.
> **This file keeps only what must fire before anything is read — intent-triggered rules with no file trigger and no hook.**
> Everything else lives in `knowledge/shared/harness-core/claude_md_full_reference.md` (the full previous ruleset, section names unchanged) and in skills. **A reference elsewhere to `CLAUDE.md §X` where §X is not a heading here means `claude_md_full_reference.md §X`.** When a rule below says **Read X**, read it before acting — a summary is not the rule.

## Identity — Governance Engineering First
FH is **governance engineering**: drive error rates down, *and* hold the surfaces where no number buys passage (publish · delete · history-rewrite). A harness machinizes intent: intent → forge → agreement (HITL) → machinery. FH is the meta-harness and nursery for field harnesses. Running Claude Code here = **Control Tower** mode.
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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add chrono-meta/forge-harness/CLAUDE.md@sha256:734577b896048405

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Source

GitHub

chrono-meta/forge-harness · 30 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qroe5mcjgtsunlxp
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrono-meta/forge-harness/CLAUDE.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/734577b896048405a2753bfd6bd2df477271bf1420cbdb462f1035b6fcb6542f

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