docs(claude-md): exempt markdown/config files from the 400-line cap#40
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docs(claude-md): exempt markdown/config files from the 400-line cap#40
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The workspace 400-line file cap is targeted at code files (TS, Py, JS, shell, SQL) where large single files reduce maintainability. It was being applied to markdown planning documents, roadmaps, and reference catalogs where length tracks the substance being captured, not code complexity. Clarify the scope so long documentation files like ROADMAP-benchmarks.md (≈580 lines after Codex review round 8) are not flagged as process violations.
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Summary
Scope the 400-line file cap in
CLAUDE.mdto code files only. Markdownand other prose/config files (
.md,.mdx,.yaml,.json,.toml)are exempt — long planning documents, roadmaps, and reference catalogs
are allowed to grow as substance requires.
Why
The cap exists to prevent code files from becoming unmaintainable. It
was being applied to long-form documentation where length tracks the
substance being captured, not code complexity. Concrete trigger: the
benchmark-parity roadmap (
ROADMAP-benchmarks.mdin the research repo)sits at ~580 lines after multiple review-pass revisions; it shouldn't
flag as a process violation, and neither should similarly thorough
planning or reference docs.
One-line change, 1 file:
CLAUDE.mdline 36 — widens the rule's phrasing to name code-fileextensions and explicitly exempt prose/config extensions.
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