start-os/CLAUDE.md

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Architecture

See ARCHITECTURE.md for the full system architecture, component map, build pipeline, and cross-layer verification order.

Each major component has its own CLAUDE.md with detailed guidance: core/, web/, container-runtime/, sdk/.

Build & Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for:

• Environment setup and requirements
• Build commands and make targets
• Testing and formatting commands
• Environment variables

Quick reference:

. ./devmode.sh                            # Enable dev mode
make update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<ip>   # Fastest iteration (binary + UI)
make test-core                            # Run Rust tests

Operating Rules

• Always verify cross-layer changes using the order described in ARCHITECTURE.md
• Check component-level CLAUDE.md files for component-specific conventions
• Follow existing patterns before inventing new ones

Supplementary Documentation

The docs/ directory contains cross-cutting documentation for AI assistants:

• TODO.md - Pending tasks for AI agents (check this first, remove items when completed)
• USER.md - Current user identifier (gitignored, see below)
• exver.md - Extended versioning format (used across core, sdk, and web)
• VERSION_BUMP.md - Guide for bumping the StartOS version across the codebase

Component-specific docs live alongside their code (e.g., core/rpc-toolkit.md, core/i18n-patterns.md).

Session Startup

On startup:

1. Check for docs/USER.md - If it doesn't exist, prompt the user for their name/identifier and create it. This file is gitignored since it varies per developer.

2. Check docs/TODO.md for relevant tasks - Show TODOs that either:

   • Have no @username tag (relevant to everyone)
   • Are tagged with the current user's identifier

   Skip TODOs tagged with a different user.

3. Ask "What would you like to do today?" - Offer options for each relevant TODO item, plus "Something else" for other requests.