The Exact Workflow Boris Cherny Uses — Adapted for Beginners

What’s Inside

This cheatsheet is based on Boris Cherny’s publicly shared Claude Code workflow — the creator of the tool:

• The creator’s rule — “Any time Claude does something wrong, add it to CLAUDE.md so it never repeats”
• The 5-section structure — how the team that built Claude Code organizes their file
• The 100-line philosophy — why less is more, and what to cut
• The beginner path — from /init to a pro-level file in three steps

Who This Is For

Anyone who wants to use Claude the way the people who built it actually use it. Not theory — the real workflow, simplified for beginners. If you’ve been guessing at how to set up CLAUDE.md, this ends the guessing.