@PrajwalTomar_: BRO this is CRAZY. Karpathy's 4 rules for Claude Code just got turned into a full CLAUDE .md template on Reddit. A deve…

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A developer turned Karpathy's four rules for Claude Code into a full CLAUDE .md template, reportedly boosting coding accuracy from 65% to 94% on a real codebase.

BRO this is CRAZY. Karpathy's 4 rules for Claude Code just got turned into a full CLAUDE .md template on Reddit. A developer applied it across a real codebase and watched coding accuracy jump from 65% to 94%. The full template: → No filler openers ("Great question!", "Of course!") → Match response length to task complexity → Show 2-3 approaches before any significant task → Flag uncertainty. Never fill gaps with plausible info. → Only modify files related to the current task. No refactoring. → Stop and describe before rewriting existing content → Stop and ask before deleting files or overwriting code → Deploys, pushes, db drops need fresh confirmation every time → Maintain a MEMORY .md logging every decision and what was rejected → Maintain an ERRORS .md so Claude stops repeating failed approaches CLAUDE .md is not a documentation file. It's the difference between Claude Code that ships and Claude Code that breaks. Want my full Claude Code setup written up? Drop a comment below.
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BRO this is CRAZY.

Karpathy’s 4 rules for Claude Code just got turned into a full CLAUDE .md template on Reddit.

A developer applied it across a real codebase and watched coding accuracy jump from 65% to 94%.

The full template:

→ No filler openers (“Great question!”, “Of course!”) → Match response length to task complexity → Show 2-3 approaches before any significant task → Flag uncertainty. Never fill gaps with plausible info. → Only modify files related to the current task. No refactoring. → Stop and describe before rewriting existing content → Stop and ask before deleting files or overwriting code → Deploys, pushes, db drops need fresh confirmation every time → Maintain a MEMORY .md logging every decision and what was rejected → Maintain an ERRORS .md so Claude stops repeating failed approaches

CLAUDE .md is not a documentation file.

It’s the difference between Claude Code that ships and Claude Code that breaks.

Want my full Claude Code setup written up? Drop a comment below.

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