Configuration Guides
Explore 9 curated configuration guides for building with AI coding agents — what each one does, when to use it, and how to add it to your workflow.
Claude Code Hooks: Automate Formatting, Tests, and Guardrails
How Claude Code hooks work — the major hook events, the settings.json configuration shape, exit codes and JSON output, plus three hooks worth copying.
Managing Claude Code Memory & Context: CLAUDE.md, /compact, and Auto-Memory
How Claude Code remembers — every CLAUDE.md scope and load order, path-scoped rules, the auto-memory system, and the context commands that keep sessions sharp.
Claude Code Plugins: Install, Use, and Build Your Own
How Claude Code plugins work — what they can bundle, the /plugin and marketplace commands, the plugin.json manifest, and building and testing your own.
Claude Code Settings & Permissions: settings.json Explained
Every Claude Code settings file and which one wins, the permission-rule syntax with its Bash matching gotchas, modes, and a safe starter settings.json.
Claude Code Slash Commands: The Built-in List and How to Write Your Own
Claude Code's built-in slash commands grouped by job, and how to write your own as skills: file format, frontmatter, arguments, and plugin namespacing.
CLAUDE.md Best Practices
How to write a CLAUDE.md that actually helps — what to include, what to leave out, and how to keep it current.
AGENTS.md for Codex: Project Instructions That Actually Work
Write an effective AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex — what belongs in it, how nested overrides work, and how to verify the instructions Codex loaded.
Codex config.toml: Settings, Precedence, and Safe Defaults
Configure OpenAI Codex with config.toml — user and project scopes, precedence, sandbox and approvals, MCP, subagents, profiles, and safe defaults.
Codex CLI Sandbox and Approvals in 2026: Auto-Approve, Full Access, Web Search
Set Codex CLI's approval policy and sandbox mode: auto-approve without --full-auto, safe full access, network access, web search, profiles, and fixes.