How to setup your Claude code project?
TL;DR
Most developers skip the setup and just start prompting. That's the mistake.
A proper Claude Code project lives inside a .๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ/ folder. Start with ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐.๐บ๐ฑ as Claude's instruction manual. Split it into a ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐/ folder as it grows. Add ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐/ for repeatable workflows, ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐/ for context-triggered automation, and ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐/ for isolated subagents. Lock down permissions in ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐.๐ท๐๐ผ๐ป.
There are two .๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ/ folders: one committed with your repo, one global at ~/.๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ/ for personal preferences and auto-memory across projects.
The .๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ/ folder is infrastructure. Treat it like one.
The article below is something I wrote three months ago, and it is still very much relevant.
It is a complete guide to ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐.๐บ๐ฑ, custom commands, skills, agents, and permissions, along with how to set them up properly.