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Creating Claude Rules by tomevault-io

Name: Creating Claude Rules
Author: tomevault-io

File contents

Overview

Rules in .claude/rules/ are modular instructions scoped to specific files via glob patterns. They load automatically with same priority as CLAUDE.md.

When to Use

Creating new rules in .claude/rules/
Fixing rules that use wrong frontmatter (globs instead of paths)
Migrating Cursor rules to Claude format
Organizing project-specific conventions

Quick Reference

Field	Claude	Cursor
Path patterns	`paths`	`globs`
Always apply	Omit `paths`	`alwaysApply: true`
Description	Not documented	`description`

Frontmatter

Path-Scoped Rules

---
paths:
  - "src/api/**/*.ts"
  - "tests/**/*.test.ts"
---

Global Rules

# TypeScript Conventions

Use .js extensions in imports.

Common Mistakes

```yaml

# ❌ WRONG - globs is Cursor format
---
globs:
  - "**/*.ts"
---

# ✅ CORRECT - Claude uses paths
---
paths:
  - "**/*.ts"
---

Directory Structure

```

.claude/rules/
├── testing.md          # Path-scoped or global
├── typescript.md
└── frontend/           # Subdirectories supported
    └── react.md

Glob Patterns

Pattern	Matches
`*/.ts`	All .ts files anywhere
`src/*/`	Everything under src/
`*.md`	Markdown in root only
`*/.{ts,tsx}`	.ts and .tsx files
`{src,lib}/*/.ts`	.ts in src/ or lib/

Reference

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#modular-rules-with-claude/rules/

Source: AgentWorkforce/relayfile — distributed by TomeVault.

---name: creating-claude-rulesdescription: Use when creating or fixing .claude/rules/ files - provides correct paths frontmatter (not globs), glob patterns, and avoids Cursor-specific fields like alwaysApply---### OverviewRules in `.claude/rules/` are modular instructions scoped to specific files via glob patterns. They load automatically with same priority as `CLAUDE.md`.### When to Use- Creating new rules in `.claude/rules/`- Fixing rules that use wrong frontmatter (`globs` instead of `paths`)- Migrating Cursor rules to Claude format- Organizing project-specific conventions### Quick Reference| Field | Claude | Cursor ||-------|--------|--------|| Path patterns | `paths` | `globs` || Always apply | Omit `paths` | `alwaysApply: true` || Description | Not documented | `description` |### Frontmatter#### Path-Scoped Rules```yaml---paths: - "src/api/**/*.ts" - "tests/**/*.test.ts"---```#### Global Rules```markdown# TypeScript ConventionsUse .js extensions in imports.```### Common Mistakes#### ```yaml```yaml# ❌ WRONG - globs is Cursor format---globs: - "**/*.ts"---# ✅ CORRECT - Claude uses paths---paths: - "**/*.ts"---```### Directory Structure#### ``````.claude/rules/├── testing.md # Path-scoped or global├── typescript.md└── frontend/ # Subdirectories supported └── react.md```### Glob Patterns| Pattern | Matches ||---------|---------|| `**/*.ts` | All .ts files anywhere || `src/**/*` | Everything under src/ || `*.md` | Markdown in root only || `**/*.{ts,tsx}` | .ts and .tsx files || `{src,lib}/**/*.ts` | .ts in src/ or lib/ |### Referencehttps://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#modular-rules-with-claude/rules/---> Source: [AgentWorkforce/relayfile](https://github.com/AgentWorkforce/relayfile) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).

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Creating Claude Rules