Repo Hygiene
CLAUDE.md and an organized issue tracker — the substrate every higher warp needs.
Introduced at Warp 2, hygiene is the unglamorous groundwork everything else stands on. Two things: a clear CLAUDE.md, and an organized issue tracker. Get these right and roles, bookkeeping, and routines have somewhere to attach. Hygiene first, autonomy later.
CLAUDE.md present
CLAUDE.md is the file the agent reads every session, so it's where durable workflow lives. Keep basic workflow instructions here; if it's absent, create one.
CLAUDE.md present with basic workflow instructions. If it's absent, create one.Issue tracking wired
Track every idea in one organized place (Linear). A letter+number scheme (e.g. A1, T3) keeps the backlog legible. Marking dependencies is optional at this stage — it becomes a tech tree at Warp 3.
A1, T3). Marking dependencies is optional at this stage.Why it matters
Roles (Warp 3), bookkeeping (cost-per-ticket needs tickets), and prioritization routines all build on an organized tracker and a clear CLAUDE.md. Skip the hygiene and the higher levels have nothing to stand on.
CLAUDE.md as its memory of how. Both are durable, reviewable files — exactly the substrate the forward-deployed agent model relies on.