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Show HN: I made Claude explain like I'm 5, and AI fatigue disappeared

A developer created CLAUDE.md, a rules file that Claude Code reads automatically at the start of every session, to simplify interactions with the AI. The file can be applied globally or per project, aiming to reduce AI fatigue by making explanations more accessible.

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Show HN: I made Claude explain like I'm 5, and AI fatigue disappeared
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CLAUDE.md is a rules file that Claude Code reads automatically at the start of every session.

  • Download CLAUDE.md

  • Ask Claude: "apply this into ~/.claude

" - Done.

~/.claude

→ applies to all projects. Use<project>/.claude

to apply to one project only.

source & further reading
github.com — original article Show HN: Reducing an OpenAI proof by 25% in a few hours Show HN: CAD Studio – Describe a part, get parametric CAD you can print (macOS) tiny-audio, nanoGPT for speech-to-text
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