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CLAUDE.md from avelikiy/great_cto is a CLAUDE.md file: the standing instructions Claude Code reads in that repo.

Install it, pinned
mdr add avelikiy/great_cto/CLAUDE.md@git:20261005.a2ada06

Pins git:20261005.a2ada06 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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Kind
CLAUDE.md file
Repository
avelikiy/great_cto
Path
CLAUDE.md
Versions recorded
7
Latest version
git:20261005.a2ada06, committed Oct 5, 2026
First version recorded
May 28, 2026
Size
9,168 bytes
Repository stars
105
License
MIT

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.

What the file says

# CLAUDE.md — AI agent instructions for great_cto

This file is read automatically by Claude Code at session start.
Rules here apply to all agents working in this repository.

---

## Privacy — private project names

**Never mention specific private project names in any artifact that could reach
the public repository:**

- Commit messages
- PR titles / descriptions
- Code comments
- Documentation (docs/, README, CHANGELOG)
- Agent verdicts (verdicts/*.log)
- Any string literal in source code

Use the placeholder **`<private-project>`** instead.

Examples of private names (not exhaustive — when in doubt, use the placeholder):
any client/product repos that are not `great_cto` itself.

Rationale: `great_cto` is a public open-source tool. References to private
project names in its history constitute a privacy leak for the owner's clients.

The pre-push hook (`scripts/hooks/pre-push.sh`) enforces this automatically.

---

## Privacy — local paths

Never hardcode `/Users/<username>/...` paths in committed files.
Use `~/.great_cto/` notation or environment variable references.

---

## Privacy — the global memory layer
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add avelikiy/great_cto/CLAUDE.md@sha256:4341f73f881973d7

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261005.a2ada06, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between May 28, 2026 and Oct 5, 2026, about one every 22 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  14 of 14 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9168 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

avelikiy/great_cto · 105 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ugsm6pigh5j6sifa
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=avelikiy/great_cto/CLAUDE.md
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4341f73f881973d760d298f0c5e979c163ea879b7b63801475034aa918173038

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