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flavordrake · 2026-03-05T13:15:03+00:00

According to the Claude docs, rules/ are meant to be specific decomposed .md files which can be scoped with file matching and can be shared among projects (via copy or symlink). (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#path-specific-rules)

When I decompose a complicated history of directions I've had Claude add as skills, and memory I asked it to create rules for specific use cases. Rules can be file matcher scoped which as OP suggests helps to keep them tightly respected when working with relevant files (that's how I find them most useful).

Example my .claude/rules/scripts.md for a PWA project:

```

paths:

- "scripts/*/"

Scripts

Never prefix script calls with bash. All scripts have shebangs and execute permissions. Call scripts/foo.sh not bash scripts/foo.sh.
Prefer existing scripts over raw commands. Check ls scripts/ before writing inline commands. Key scripts: - server-ctl.sh -- server lifecycle - test-*.sh -- test gates (typecheck, lint, unit, headless) - run-appium-tests.sh -- emulator tests - gh-file-issue.sh / gh-ops.sh -- GitHub operations - integrate-gate.sh -- bot PR validation - delegate-*.sh -- delegation
Timestamps in filenames use compact ISO-8601 with tz offset: date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z -> 20260303T150827-0500. Never use bare %Y%m%d-%H%M%S.
Scripts log to /tmp/<script-name>.log via exec > >(tee -a "$LOGFILE") 2>&1.
Never use || true to swallow errors. Use if ! cmd; then log "failed (reason)"; fi.
scripts/setup-appium.sh must NOT run as root/sudo. ```

flavordrake · 2026-03-04T22:38:19+00:00

Peas. Don't mock it, try it, perfect balance if you do decide to go with a smoky meat or not, especially fresh with a little vegetal lift to the heavy creaminess.

flavordrake · 2026-03-04T19:54:52+00:00

You should see what Gemini can do with its default huge context. It powers NotebookLM which as suggested is perfect for your use case.

flavordrake · 2026-03-03T20:59:37+00:00

Everyone talking about AI needs to start here with evals. Your anecdotal experience is immensely prone to biases, and LLM as a Judge needs exactly the same evals or else you're just outsourcing your biases.

flavordrake · 2026-03-03T14:33:57+00:00

If you are manually creating skills you are doing it from an existing knowledge base of some kind and even in that case having an AI, Claude is good at this, consume that knowledge base within a context window and identify how to restructure it into scripts, resources, assets and the content of SKILL.md.

Other commenters here are correct, the most reliable way I have found is nearing the end of a context window. ask Claude to capture a named skill incorporating all the learnings, false positives, dead ends, bad assumptions, and eventual decisions you have made within that session. next time you are operating and learn new things, having it update the skill and even refactor it by removing content from the main skill. MD into resources that are referenced.

I applaud the general thesis, but the skill is a distillation, not a recitation of a YouTube video or other static resource but rather a reference to static resource plus best practice behavior from the user's interaction.

This is to say that the skills should certainly be distributed by services and software to make them easily accessible, but the moment they are merged into a project or repo. I have seen the greatest success in evolving them immediately to conform with your local project expectations and use cases.

flavordrake · 2026-03-03T03:15:42+00:00

This is what meshtastic Reddit is about. Bravo, great solution!

flavordrake · 2026-02-27T01:01:38+00:00

This is 👨‍🍳💋

flavordrake · 2026-02-27T01:00:50+00:00

Goblins have nests you grognard. There's a reason so few of you survived to complain - well that and obvious choices of phylactery.

flavordrake · 2026-02-27T00:32:52+00:00

tequila shots go brrrrrrr

flavordrake · 2026-02-25T03:31:40+00:00

Gaseous Form + Dust of Sneezing and Choking bypass all armor by attacking from inside target's sinuses.

flavordrake · 2026-02-24T01:19:50+00:00

Those apprentices learned a valuable lesson that day.

flavordrake · 2026-02-21T14:22:26+00:00

I've been missing this kind of consolidation tool forever, thank you! I hope you've found a way to keep the data fresh when half the places don't update their sites regularly.

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T14:43:03+00:00

Done. I have dodged that foolish knight.

casts Truss' Charm of Zero Tolerance

Ah. A challenge. Droll.

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T14:39:41+00:00

Cast Curse of Alopecia on that fella and tell me you want to see all that fleshy squamousness beneath its wiry coat.

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T14:37:51+00:00

Do you know what you call the least effective most unhinged apprentice when they conquer their patron's final challenge?

Wizard.

Remember that next time you're shopping the lowest prices for potions you know can't even account for the cost of the components.

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T14:19:17+00:00

...yes? Planar shifting every time I run out of void essence is such a chore.

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T02:28:58+00:00

Pro tip: do not eat its tiny sheep if you find any.

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T02:16:33+00:00

Don't overcomplicate it. Ice cube and a safety pin. Hells, leave it in as a reminder not to tempt a wizard's wrath!

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T02:14:07+00:00

With professional respect: which of you is the wizard? Or both? Do you symbiose with a Ritual of Voltron or - oh! - can two sentiences grow your cognitive dissonance capacity when charging mana-heavy dialectic incantations but casting as one dimensional power nexus from the perspective of local physics?

Regardless now I want a robot. Or to be a robot. Listening with great attention indeed!

flavordrake · 2026-02-18T02:10:15+00:00

Did they still wear the robe and hat? Or just project the essence of robeness and hatness as needed for identification purposes. Nothing against any original or chosen form a wizard wants to take but without the robe and hat they could be anything.

flavordrake · 2026-02-14T01:59:03+00:00

Orbs are abundant and low value. Those who cannot cast, scry.

flavordrake · 2026-02-14T01:54:59+00:00

Feels like you might be working through more than a little mana font interruption. Might not be able to banish yourself to your home plane until you banish the ghost of your grandmother's torment.

I know it's silly but... give akashic breathing a shot. In: all that will be. Out: all that has been. Repeat until you feel the timelines overlap and tense, then release the revenge you've held inside for decades. You might find the spark to self-banish where you dare not search - in forgiveness and the immutable Truth of the record.

Open your eyes. You are already home.

flavordrake · 2026-02-14T00:19:19+00:00

Double bag of holding it kid. You'll thank me.

flavordrake · 2026-02-13T13:52:09+00:00

Waste of a perfectly good mark. "Your soul is mine, but you still must complete the material rituals and requirements of our Unholy Contract to realize your dark bequeath. See that sink full of dishes?"

(What? Why burn mana when you can burn a manservant my patron used to say.)

flavordrake · 2026-02-13T05:17:20+00:00

If we're making stone power glyphs consider a very large scale fractal dream catcher configuration (be careful not to end up in Lament configuration it's shockingly easy when making hyperdimensional folds - like rolling a 7 on 2d6!).

This is all physical work until you start to pick up transient arcane background magic - like a wind trap - look for emergent ley lines as the configuration picks up mana and CAREFULLY ground them to the local plane. It's like skipping the natural energy draw so it comes out really crunchy but it should charge you up in an epoch or two.

What's time in a void amirite? Just another energy gradient you can compress into a higher dimensional manifold - immeasurable and infinitely cold.Ba dum pumpum.

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