Includes: spec-driven and test-driven development best practices, reproduce-before-fixing debugging workflow, require-plan-file hook, find-project-root script, session logs, memory files for decisions/ gotchas/process-lessons, and updates to existing best practice topics. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Best Practices Index
Generalised best practices extracted from real project work. Each topic file is self-contained — read only the files relevant to the current project.
Topics
- Validation & Deployment — Validate locally, deploy once; full-chain testing; pre-flight checks
- Secrets Management — SOPS + age, credential handling, file naming, encryption gotchas
- Git & Source Control — Commit practices, GitOps workflows, remote conventions
- Kubernetes Patterns — Volume mounts, deployment strategies, naming, bootstrap ordering
- Helm Charts — Schema validation, version verification, values structure
- Ansible — Inventory, templates, idempotency, credential safety
- Scripting — Shell conventions, verification scripts, idempotency, colour output
- Documentation Standards — CLAUDE.md, MEMORY.md, FUTURE.md, README.md structure and tiered memory
- Milestones & Reflections — Milestone workflow, verification, reflection process
- Debugging Methodology — Systematic diagnosis, full-chain testing, common pitfalls
- Claude Code Skills — Skill authoring, context injection, tool restrictions
- Linting & Formatting — Tool choices per language, PostToolUse hook, pre-commit integration, formatter contract
- Spec-Driven Development — Spec structure, requirement numbering, test-first workflow, context tiers, anti-patterns
- Test-Driven Development — Edge case discovery, property-based testing, mutation testing, AI agent testing patterns, test architecture