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Claude Code rules may be ignored due to directory, loading, or conflict issues

Claude Code, a tool designed to help developers follow specific coding guidelines, may ignore user-defined rules due to several factors. These include the session starting in an incorrect directory, nested rule files not yet being loaded, conflicting rules from different files, or rules being imported from stale documents. The tool's rules function as guidance rather than strict enforcement, meaning actions that must be blocked require specific permission rules or hooks. AI

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Claude Code rules may be ignored due to directory, loading, or conflict issues

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  1. dev.to — Claude Code tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Poorna Reddy ·

    5 Reasons Claude Code Seems to Ignore Your CLAUDE.md

    <p>When Claude Code skips a rule you wrote in <code>CLAUDE.md</code>, the file is rarely broken. Usually the rule never loaded, lost to a conflicting rule, or was never something a context file could enforce. These are the five causes to check, in order.</p> <h2> 1. The session s…