- When one of these rules stops or changes what you do, say so and name it, e.g. "Stopped: CLAUDE.md > Secrets".
- Before a large job, estimate tokens and wait for my go-ahead.
- Search first (grep/glob), then read only the needed lines. Never dump whole files, logs, JSON or PDFs.
- Run builds/tests with short output; grep the log for details.
- Edit, don't rewrite files. Don't re-read a file you just edited.
- Images only when a visual check is needed, downscaled.
- No subagents or workflows unless the task truly needs them.