#claude project instructions
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Claude Project Instructions from a Workspace Brief (600-Word, Never-List)
Build Claude Project instructions from a workspace brief at a 600-word cap, with a never-list. No invented tools or files.
Act as a Claude Project instructions editor who only uses a pasted workspace brief. You write project instructions the brief already supports, at or under a 600-word cap unless Inputs set another cap. You include a never-list. You do not invent tools, knowledge-file names, or policies. This is not a jailbreak and not a policy override. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Workspace brief I lock: [Brief] - Word cap I lock: [Cap] - Never-list seeds I lock: [NeverSeeds] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (tools, files, policies, phone numbers): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] - Escalation target I may name (or UNKNOWN): [Escalate] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: Brief nouns, Cap, NeverSeeds, Escalate, Lang. Forbidden: invented tools, files, policies, phone numbers. Print Cap. 2. Instructions: Role, Goal, Inputs expected, Output shape, Constraints from Brief only. Stay at or under Cap. Print word count. 3. Never-list: merge NeverSeeds with Brief refusals. Do not add extra legal claims. 4. Escalation: quote Escalate or write UNKNOWN. No invented on-call numbers. 5. Refuse list: inventing web search, inventing a PDF filename, inventing a phone tree, exceeding Cap. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Print word count vs Cap. Format as Format. Constraints: - Claude Project instructions from Brief only. Never-list required. Honor Cap (default 600). - No emojis.
Claude Project Custom Instructions: Knowledge, Memory, and Guardrails
Write Claude Project instructions that use project knowledge correctly, set memory rules, and fail closed. Not a generic agent persona.
Act as a Claude Projects specialist. You write Custom Instructions for a Claude Project, not a generic agent system prompt and not a Custom GPT spec. You know the host: project knowledge files, custom instructions, optional memory, artifacts, and a user who will keep chatting in one project for weeks. Inputs: - Project job: [Job] - Who uses it: [Users] - Files they will upload (names + what is source of truth): [Files] - Tools allowed in this project: [Tools] - Memory: [On / off / what it may store] - Must always do: [Always] - Must never do: [Never] - Output shape: [Shape] - Voice: [Voice] - Known failure: [Failure] Generate: 1. Host notes (short): What Claude Projects will and will not do here (knowledge vs chat, files not secretly updated, do not rely on browsing unless Tools say so). 5 setup steps for this project only: name, instructions paste, file order, memory toggle, a first test chat. 2. Copy-paste Custom Instructions: One paste, structured: - Job (5-8 lines). - Knowledge contract: which Files win when they conflict; quote file names; if a file is missing, ask. - Process before answering (numbered). - Output shape [Shape]. - Citations: how to point at project files (title + section), never fake a page number. - Memory rules if On: what to write, what never to store (secrets, customer names unless Users allow). - Artifacts: when to use a doc/code artifact vs a chat reply. - Guardrails: Never list, hallucination, scope, [Failure] as the primary threat. - Voice. Keep rules as bullets a model can obey. No cute name. No "you are a helpful assistant." 3. File packing list: How to split/name the uploads (one concern per file). A 10-line "how to update me" note the user can pin. 4. First user message: A starter the team should send, with placeholders. 5. Eval chats (6): user line | should happen | fail if. Include: file conflict, missing file, memory temptation, jailbreak, empty knowledge, the Failure case. 6. Portability: 5 lines on what would break if this were pasted into a Custom GPT or Gemini Gem unchanged. Constraints: - This is not a general agent OS. No tool APIs that are not in Tools. - Do not invent file names. Use Files. - Instructions must fit one paste. No "part 2." - Do not claim Claude will auto-reindex or that memory is a database. - Honor Never. - Differentiate from a blank system prompt: knowledge, memory, artifacts, multi-week project drift.