Claude Md Best Practices

Audit CLAUDE.md for best practices. 18-point checklist.

The Problem

Claude Code’s /init generates a basic CLAUDE.md - but it’s missing important sections that make Claude more effective at understanding your project on boot.

Do you enjoy explaining the same things to Claude over and over again?

A weak CLAUDE.md means Claude asks more questions, makes more mistakes, and wastes your time.

The Solution

An 18-point audit that transforms your CLAUDE.md from “good enough” into a comprehensive project guide.

What you get:

Directory structure mapping
Roadmap and goals documentation
Domain model clarity
MCP server configuration
Git workflow rules
Security boundaries
Redundancy detection

/init vs this plugin

What’s Checked	/init	This Plugin
Project overview	Yes	Yes
Architecture	Yes	Yes
Coding standards	Yes	Yes
Directory structure	No	Yes
Roadmap & Goals	No	Yes
Domain model	No	Yes
MCP servers	No	Yes
Git workflow	No	Yes
Claude’s permissions	No	Yes
Validation scan	No	Yes

Three Modes

Interactive - Walk through each checkpoint one by one
Summary - Get a quick overview of what’s missing
File output - Export recommendations to a file

Install

claude plugin marketplace add getskillsdev/claude-md-best-practices
claude plugin install gsd@claude-md-best-practices

Usage

/gsd:claude-md-bp

Source

https://github.com/getskillsdev/claude-md-best-practices

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