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Giving Context to Your Agents: Making Your First CLAUDE.md
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CLAUDE.md is a plain text file that loads automatically at the start of every Claude Code or Cowork session. It tells Claude who you are, what you are working on, what tools you use, and how you want Claude to behave.
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