Claude Code Project Structure — Every File and Folder Explained
Posted on Sat 18 April 2026 in Engineering • Tagged with claude-code, agentic-engineering, llm-tooling, project-structure
Most Claude Code projects start with a CLAUDE.md and nothing else. Here is the full structure that turns Claude from a coding assistant into an engineering partner.
The complete directory
your-project/
├── CLAUDE.md
├── CLAUDE.local.md
├── mcp.json
└── claude/
├── settings.json
├── rules/
│ ├── code-style.md
│ ├── testing.md
│ └── api-conventions.md
├── commands …Continue reading