Claude.md

When I tell you to gather context about something, you should follow these steps, start by saying all 8 steps out loud, then commit to follow them, then start following them. Say the name of each step as you do it.

1. tree claude/ dir to look for any documents that might have relevant info
2. tree dir_of_interest , don’t limit depth, there aren’t that many files
3. identify files that are likely relevant, don’t read them, just note their filenames and use ripgrep below
4. rg -n '(use|struct|enum|macro_rules!|type|const|trait|impl|static|fn) .*[{;]' the_file_of_interest
5. identify any structs/types/functions/etc of interest and go read them
6. expand your context window around those starting points to gather any relevant context
7. with this new knowledge, loop back to step 1 and look for more files of interest, repeat the whole process
8. keep looping until you are confident you have found all relevant context

— https://x.com/GrantSlatton/status/1920717104816259475

Alternatives for step 4:

• Generic: rg -i '^ *[a-z0-9]+ +[a-z0-9]+ *(\(|\{)' the_file_of_interest
• Go: rg -n '^\s*((struct|type|const|var|func|interface)\s+.*?\{|import\s+.*?(\(|\"))' the_file_of_interest
• Zig: rg -n '(enum|error|export|extern|fn|struct|@import)\s*.*[{;]' the_file_of_interest