slim-claude-md
Installation
SKILL.md
Slim a CLAUDE.md
CLAUDE.md loads in full on every session. Past roughly 200 lines it costs context on every request
and reduces adherence, so instructions get ignored precisely because there are too many of them.
This moves subsystem detail into .claude/rules/ files that load only when the matching files are
opened, and proves the move lost nothing.
Scope: restructuring an existing file. Writing a CLAUDE.md from scratch is /init's job; auditing
content quality against templates is what claude-md-management's claude-md-improver does.
Mechanics (load order, paths: syntax, the @import trap, /doctor, hierarchy) live in
references/mechanics.md. Read the section you need when you need it.
Phase 1 — Measure
python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/slim-claude-md/scripts/audit_claude_md.py" CLAUDE.md