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 🚫👶 = do not babysit
 
-[Prompting](#tips-prompting) · [Planning](#tips-planning) · [Context](#tips-context) · [Session](#tips-session) · [CLAUDE.md](#tips-claudemd) · [Agents](#tips-agents) · [Commands](#tips-commands) · [Skills](#tips-skills) · [Hooks](#tips-hooks) · [Workflows](#tips-workflows) · [Advanced](#tips-workflows-advanced) · [Git / PR](#tips-git-pr) · [Debugging](#tips-debugging) · [Utilities](#tips-utilities) · [Daily](#tips-daily)
+[Prompting](#tips-prompting) · [Planning](#tips-planning) · [Context](#tips-context) · [Session](#tips-session) · [CLAUDE.md + .claude/rules](#tips-claudemd) · [Agents](#tips-agents) · [Commands](#tips-commands) · [Skills](#tips-skills) · [Hooks](#tips-hooks) · [Workflows](#tips-workflows) · [Advanced](#tips-workflows-advanced) · [Git / PR](#tips-git-pr) · [Debugging](#tips-debugging) · [Utilities](#tips-utilities) · [Daily](#tips-daily)
 
 ![Community](!/tags/community.svg)
 
@@ -172,11 +172,12 @@ All major workflows converge on the same architectural pattern: **Research → P
 | use recaps for long-running sessions — short summaries of what Claude did and what's next, useful when returning after minutes or hours. Disable with recaps in /config | [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](tips/claude-boris-6-tips-16-apr-26.md) |
 | [/rename](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference) important sessions (e.g. [TODO - refactor task]) and [/resume](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference) them later — label each instance when running multiple Claudes simultaneously | [![Cat](!/tags/cat-wu.svg)](https://every.to/podcast/how-to-use-claude-code-like-the-people-who-built-it) |
 
-<a id="tips-claudemd"></a>■ **CLAUDE.md (6)**
+<a id="tips-claudemd"></a>■ **CLAUDE.md + .claude/rules (8)**
 
 | Tip | Source |
 |-----|--------|
 | [CLAUDE.md](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory) should target under [200 lines](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#write-effective-instructions) per file. [60 lines in humanlayer](https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/writing-a-good-claude-md) ([still not 100% guaranteed](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qn9pb9/claudemd_says_must_use_agent_claude_ignores_it_80/)) | [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2007179840848597422) [![Dex](!/tags/community-dex.svg)](https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/writing-a-good-claude-md) |
+| .claude/rules/*.md auto-load into every session like CLAUDE.md — add paths: YAML frontmatter to lazy-load them only when Claude touches files matching the glob | [![Claude](!/tags/claude.svg)](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#organize-rules-with-clauderules) |
 | wrap domain-specific CLAUDE.md rules in [\<important if="..."\> tags](https://www.hlyr.dev/blog/stop-claude-from-ignoring-your-claude-md) to stop Claude from ignoring them as files grow longer | [![Dex](!/tags/community-dex.svg)](https://www.hlyr.dev/blog/stop-claude-from-ignoring-your-claude-md) |
 | use [multiple CLAUDE.md](best-practice/claude-memory.md) for monorepos — ancestor + descendant loading | [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2016339448863355206) |
 | use [.claude/rules/](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#organize-rules-with-clauderules) to split large instructions | [![Claude](!/tags/claude.svg)](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#organize-rules-with-clauderules) |