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Apr 15, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How a Single CLAUDE.md File Tames Claude Code’s Uncontrolled Refactoring

The popular GitHub project ‘andrej-karpathy-skills’ introduces a plain‑text CLAUDE.md file that defines strict behavior rules for Claude Code, preventing it from over‑engineering, making unrelated changes, and ensuring concise, goal‑driven edits, which dramatically reduces noisy diffs and rework.