@Granite0x: ran into an old friend. ex-Anthropic engineer. told him my Claude was broken. asked his setup. he said one thing: "chec…

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A developer recounts how a cryptic hint from an ex-Anthropic engineer ('check your score') led him to create a harness of files and commands (e.g., CLAUDE.md, init.sh, feature_list.json, etc.) that assess and improve Claude AI agent performance, turning the hint into a practical tool.

ran into an old friend. ex-Anthropic engineer. told him my Claude was broken. asked his setup. he said one thing: "check your score." nothing else. no repo, no explanation. SAT ON IT FOR 3 HOURS. FIGURED IT OUT. NOBODY READ IT THAT WAY. everyone's still stacking skills like decorations. nobody added the checks up. you stop collecting. you grade the harness. the grade shows what's missing. - CLAUDE.md - the contract - http://init.sh - the 120s bring-up - feature_list.json - the todo agents must respect - claude-progress.txt - the shift log - http://broken-window.sh - the smoke test - 6 curated skills - grill-me, passfail, self-review... - .amp/audit.jsonl - the evidence gate that's the harness built the repo. one command scores yours. one more installs the missing bookmark before he realizes I turned his hint into a tool
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ran into an old friend. ex-Anthropic engineer.

told him my Claude was broken. asked his setup. he said one thing:

“check your score.”

nothing else. no repo, no explanation.

SAT ON IT FOR 3 HOURS. FIGURED IT OUT. NOBODY READ IT THAT WAY.

everyone’s still stacking skills like decorations. nobody added the checks up.

you stop collecting. you grade the harness. the grade shows what’s missing.

  • CLAUDE.md - the contract
  • http://init.sh - the 120s bring-up
  • feature_list.json - the todo agents must respect
  • claude-progress.txt - the shift log
  • http://broken-window.sh - the smoke test
  • 6 curated skills - grill-me, passfail, self-review…
  • .amp/audit.jsonl - the evidence gate

that’s the harness

built the repo. one command scores yours. one more installs the missing

bookmark before he realizes I turned his hint into a tool

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