Claude Rules

A mental model for why explicit rules beat ad hoc prompting in production Claude apps.

A single-page quick-reference distilling the site's model, prompt, tool, and cost rules.

Enumerated rules for matching task complexity and latency needs to the right model tier.

Enumerated rules for scoping, naming, and validating tools so agents compose safely.

Enumerated rules for scoping permissions, validating output, and logging sensitive tool calls.

Enumerated best practices distilled from every rule list across the tech-lead cookbook.