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247247The `.claude/rules/` directory supports symlinks, so you can maintain a shared set of rules and link them into multiple projects. Circular symlinks are detected and handled gracefully.
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249Claude Code treats a symlink whose target is outside your working directory like an [external import](#import-additional-files). The linked rules don't load until you approve external imports for the project, and after that only the ones without a [`paths` field](#path-specific-rules) load. Claude Code asks for that approval only when a project memory file imports a file outside the working directory with `@path`, not for symlinks alone. To load shared rules without that approval, keep them in [`~/.claude/rules/`](#user-level-rules), where they apply to every project on your machine.
249Claude Code treats a symlink whose target is outside your working directory like an [external import](#import-additional-files). The linked rules don't load until you approve external imports for the project, and after that only the ones without a [`paths` field](#path-specific-rules) load.
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251Claude Code asks for that approval once per project, in a dialog at the start of an interactive session. The dialog lists the linked rule files alongside any external `@path` imports. To load shared rules without that approval, keep them in [`~/.claude/rules/`](#user-level-rules), where they apply to every project on your machine.
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251253This example links both a shared directory and an individual file:
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