Smart Claude.md Strategy for Cleaner Monorepos
A practical guide exploring how to use Claude.md files to maintain consistent AI coding assistance across monorepo workspaces, reducing context pollution and
Someone figured out a smart way to use Claude.md files in monorepos without cluttering every directory.
The setup:
- Put one
Claude.mdat the repo root with general context - Add specific
Claude.mdfiles only in workspace folders you actually open - Skip intermediate directories - Claude searches up the tree automatically
Example structure:
/monorepo/Claude.md # General repo info
/monorepo/apps/api/Claude.md # API-specific context
/monorepo/apps/web/Claude.md # Frontend contextWhen working in /apps/api, Claude reads both files. No need for Claude.md in /apps or every subfolder.
Keeps context relevant without maintaining a dozen identical files. The search goes up directories until it hits root, so strategic placement beats putting them everywhere.
Full writeup: https://github.com/shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice/blob/main/reports/claude-md-for-larger-mono-repos.md
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