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2026-04-29 14:49
I Was Setting Up Claude Code Wrong. So I Built CCL.
Every Claude Code project I started followed the same painful ritual.
Open a blank directory. Stare at it. Write a CLAUDE.md from scratch — half guessing at what Claude actually needs to know, half copying from a project I did last month. Then, manually create .claude/settings.json, wonder if my permissions are too loose, google what hooks actually do, forget to add a .claudeignore, realise two d...