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6868<Tip>
6969 Run `/init` to generate a starting CLAUDE.md automatically. Claude analyzes your codebase and creates a file with build commands, test instructions, and project conventions it discovers. If a CLAUDE.md already exists, `/init` suggests improvements rather than overwriting it. Refine from there with instructions Claude wouldn't discover on its own.
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71 Set `CLAUDE_CODE_NEW_INIT=1` to enable an interactive multi-phase flow. `/init` asks which artifacts to set up: CLAUDE.md files, skills, and hooks. It then explores your codebase with a subagent, fills in gaps via follow-up questions, and presents a reviewable proposal before writing any files.
71 For an interactive multi-phase flow instead, set the `CLAUDE_CODE_NEW_INIT` environment variable to `1` before you run `/init`. Set it in your shell or in the `env` block of a settings file, as shown in [Set environment variables](/docs/en/env-vars#set-environment-variables). With it set, `/init` asks which artifacts to set up: CLAUDE.md files, skills, and hooks. It then explores your codebase with a subagent, fills in gaps via follow-up questions, and presents a reviewable proposal before writing any files. The variable only changes how `/init` runs, so you can leave it set.
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7474### Write effective instructions
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142142```bash theme={null}
143143CLAUDE_CODE_ADDITIONAL_DIRECTORIES_CLAUDE_MD=1 claude --add-dir ../shared-config
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146The inline form sets the variable for that one launch in Bash or Zsh. To keep it on for every session, add it to the `env` block in `~/.claude/settings.json` as shown in [Set environment variables](/docs/en/env-vars#set-environment-variables).
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146148This loads `CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/rules/*.md`, and `CLAUDE.local.md` from the additional directory. `CLAUDE.local.md` is skipped if you exclude `local` from [`--setting-sources`](/docs/en/cli-reference).
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