Claude Code Project Structure: Quick Guide to Files and Folders

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