Claude Code Project Structure: Quick Guide to Files and Folders
Learn the Claude Code project structure: key files like CLAUDE.md, mcp.json, settings.json, plus core claude/ folders for rules, commands, skills, agents, and hooks.
Claude Code Project Structure (quick guide)
Main files
• CLAUDE.md → project rules and context
• CLAUDE.local.md → personal overrides
• mcp.json → tool connections (GitHub, Slack, DB)
• claude/settings.json → access permissions and models
claude/ (core logic)
• rules/ → coding and testing standards
• commands/ → reusable workflows (/review, /fix)
• skills/ → automatically loaded expertise (as needed)
• agents/ → specialized sub-agents
• hooks/ → automation and guardrails
Better structure = better results
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