// SLIDE 06 — REFINING THE /INIT STARTER

REFINING THE /INIT STARTER.

·Is it still true? /init reads the codebase at one moment; the codebase changes; an entry that was right last week may be

·Is it specific enough? /init produces generalities. "Uses CSS" is too vague; "Vanilla CSS, no Tailwind, no preprocessor,

·Is it on the right side of the include/exclude line? /init sometimes includes content Claude can already figure out from

Is anything missing? The environment quirks from your project, the architectural decisions you have made, the lessons lethese are not in /init's output by default. You add them.

NARRATION

Most CLAUDE.md files start with /init. The discipline is what you do next. Open the generated file. Read it section by section. For each entry:

// SLIDE 13 — CLOSE

ASK THE QUESTION. APPLY THE FRAMEWORK.

OPENING//WHAT CLAUDE.MD IS//WHAT GOES IN: THE FIVE EL

Claude Code for Teachers · Ch.3 · Chapter 2 — CLAUDE.md: Your Coding Constitution

NARRATION

That is the framework. Claude Code for Teachers, chapter 3: Chapter 2 , CLAUDE.md: Your Coding Constitution. The patterns are now in place. Apply them.