Original Reddit post

Hi all. I’m not new to CC (I use it nearly daily), but I’m not a developer by trade. I’ve learned a TON by just getting my hands dirty, but I know I’m still leagues behind many of you when it comes to technical prowess. Having said that, I had a couple of questions that I just can’t figure out! Is there anywhere a Claude.md best practices guide? I understand it should be lean and just be a set of instructions, but when I ask Claude to update the documentation with what was just completed, it CONSTANTLY adds to Claude.md. I’ll remind it not to, but it just keeps doing it. Outside of that, what sorts of general things should, to and shouldn’t, be in Claude.md? I never know where to put certain things, especially when Claude just wanted to put everything there. Thanks! submitted by /u/maleslp

Originally posted by u/maleslp on r/ClaudeCode