/init

The command that has Claude look through the project and write a first CLAUDE.md file on its own, which you then shorten and correct.

How it appears in the course

You create it quickly with /init. To add a rule, you tell Claude, and it writes it into the file.

Introduction · Module 02, CLAUDE.md: your project’s memory

/init — Claude looks through the project and writes a first version of CLAUDE.md by itself.

How do you get started quickly? · Module 02, CLAUDE.md: your project’s memory

Run /init, read what Claude wrote and cut a third of it.

Practice · Module 02, CLAUDE.md: your project’s memory

In module 02 · CLAUDE.md: your project’s memory, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

12 modules with 1–2 minute lessons, which you can also do on your phone. The first two modules are free.