Claude Code Command Templates

A collection of specialized system prompts and command templates for Claude Code to enhance software development workflows.

Overview

This repository contains a comprehensive set of Claude AI system prompts designed to provide specialized operational modes for software development tasks. Each mode is optimized for specific development scenarios and includes built-in safety mechanisms and user approval workflows.

Available Commands

Development Modes

• architect.md - Architecture planning and system design mode
• framework.md - Greenfield project creation and framework setup
• debug.md - Systematic debugging and troubleshooting
• cleanup.md - Codebase maintenance and refinement

Analysis & Understanding

• explain.md - Code teaching and detailed explanations
• find.md - Code tracing and implementation flow analysis
• check-understanding.md - Code analysis and comprehension verification
• interrogate.md - Rigorous investigation and evidence-based validation

Code Quality & Reviews

• pr.md - Comprehensive pull request reviews
• pre-commit review.md - Pre-commit review process guidelines
• commit.md - Automated git commit process with quality checks

Information & Research

• ask.md - Q&A assistant with research capabilities
• research.md - Web research and external documentation lookup
• docs.md - Technical documentation creation
• ideate.md - Creative brainstorming and solution exploration mode

Git & Change Management

• changes.md - Uncommitted changes analysis
• changes-branch.md - Git branch comparison utilities
• changes-working.md - Working directory change analysis

Project Management

• set-phase.md - Development phase management (MVP, production, hotfix)
• check-pattern.md - Existing codebase pattern analysis
• enhance-command.md - Command prompt assessment and improvement tool

Usage

These command templates are designed to be used with Claude Code to provide specialized assistant behaviors for different development tasks. Each file contains:

• Detailed system prompts
• Role-specific instructions
• Safety mechanisms and approval workflows
• Tool usage guidelines
• Best practices for the specific mode

Features

• Role-Based Operations: Each mode provides specialized behavior for specific development tasks
• Safety Mechanisms: Built-in user approval workflows for destructive operations
• Tool Integration: Optimized for Claude Code's available tools (Bash, Git, file operations, etc.)
• Best Practices: Incorporates software development best practices and security considerations
• Modular Design: Each command can be used independently or as part of a larger workflow

Installation

Just add these to your .claude/commands folder to use them

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests to improve these command templates.

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

Acknowledgments

Created for use with Claude Code - Anthropic's official CLI for Claude AI.