Replace the per-group "written once at init, owned by the group" CLAUDE.md
with a host-regenerated entry point that imports:
- a shared base (`container/CLAUDE.md` mounted RO at `/app/CLAUDE.md`)
- optional per-skill fragments (skills that ship `instructions.md`)
- optional per-MCP-server fragments (inline `instructions` field in
`container.json`)
- per-group agent memory (`CLAUDE.local.md`, auto-loaded by Claude Code)
Principle: RW = per-group memory, RO = shared content. Source/skills/base
are shared; personality, config, working files, and Claude state stay
per-group.
Key changes:
- New `src/claude-md-compose.ts` — per-spawn composition +
`migrateGroupsToClaudeLocal()` one-time cutover.
- New `container/CLAUDE.md` — shared base, seeded verbatim from the
former `groups/global/CLAUDE.md`.
- `src/container-runner.ts` — swap `/workspace/global` mount for RO
`/app/CLAUDE.md`; call `composeGroupClaudeMd()` after
`initGroupFilesystem()`.
- `src/group-init.ts` — drop `.claude-global.md` symlink + initial
`CLAUDE.md` write; seed `CLAUDE.local.md` from `opts.instructions`.
- `src/index.ts` — call `migrateGroupsToClaudeLocal()` at startup.
- `src/container-config.ts` — add optional `instructions` field to
`McpServerConfig` (inline per-MCP guidance fragment).
- `container/Dockerfile` — drop dead `/workspace/global` mkdir.
- Remove obsolete `scripts/migrate-group-claude-md.ts`.
Migration (runs once at host startup, idempotent):
- Delete `.claude-global.md` symlinks in each group.
- Rename each `groups/<folder>/CLAUDE.md` → `CLAUDE.local.md`
(preserves existing per-group content as memory).
- Delete `groups/global/` directory.
Design docs: `docs/claude-md-composition.md` and `docs/shared-source.md`
(the latter is the sibling design discussion this refactor builds on).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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