claude-code-tips releases

System prompt patches for Claude Code 2.1.51 through 2.1.70

• Added patches for versions 2.1.51, 2.1.63, 2.1.66, 2.1.68, 2.1.69, 2.1.70
• 2.1.70: new customRegex support in patch-cli.js for complex JS ternary expressions that differ across npm/native builds
• Added note about Claude Code built-in voice mode

All patch sets verified across npm, native Linux, and native macOS builds.

Add a Stop hook that automatically triggers /half-clone when context usage exceeds 80%. Instead of auto-compact summarizing your conversation, half-clone is deterministic and fast - it keeps your actual messages intact.

New:

• scripts/check-context.sh - Stop hook script that monitors context usage
• README section documenting hook setup and configuration

How it works:

1. After each Claude response, the hook checks context usage from the transcript
2. If over 80%, it blocks Claude from stopping and tells it to run /half-clone
3. Half-clone creates a new conversation with only the later half so a new agent can continue there

Requires auto-compact disabled (/config > Auto-compact > false).

README is now 1,030 lines across 46 tips.

Add option to disable commit/PR attribution

• New setup script item (#8): disables Co-Authored-By trailers on commits and attribution footers on PRs via the attribution setting in ~/.claude/settings.json
• Documented under Tip 4 (Git/GitHub) in the README
• Setup script items renumbered (aliases → 9, fork shortcut → 10)

What's New

• 32x faster UUID generation using hexdump
• Cloned conversations appear at top of claude -r (touch after creation)
• Cross-platform support - fallbacks for systems without hexdump (Linux /proc, uuidgen)
• Portable awk regex - works on mawk (Debian/Ubuntu) and gawk
• Hash validation before creating backup in patch-native.sh
• New tip: prefer cd && git over git -C

What's New

• Half-clone script optimized: 4:37 → 1:21 (3.4x faster)
• Clone script optimized: Same awk-based approach

Technical Details

• Replaced per-line bash processing with single awk pass
• Optimized clone command detection with grep -n pipeline
• Batch UUID generation before processing

Plugin Version

• Plugin/marketplace version: 0.8.0

What's New

• Clone/Half-clone command exclusion: When using /clone or /half-clone, the command itself and all subsequent messages are now excluded from the cloned conversation. This gives you a clean snapshot of where you were before cloning.

Details

• Detects both dx:clone/clone and dx:half-clone/half-clone patterns
• Only excludes if it's the last user message (preserves earlier clone discussions in history)
• Works even if command is mixed with other text in the message

What's New

• Native binary patching support - patching now works on macOS native installs, not just npm
• Regex fix for $ in variable names (native binary compatibility)

New Patches

• enterplanmode-whathappens - explains what happens in plan mode
• tasklist - task list improvements
• taskupdate - task update improvements
• read-capabilities - read capabilities patch
• exitplanmode - exit plan mode patch

Claude Code Version Support

• Added patches for Claude Code 2.1.14 and 2.1.17

63 patches total, ~44KB saved

What's New

• Timestamped clone tags: Clone and half-clone now include timestamps (e.g., [CLONED Jan 7 14:30]) for easier identification in claude -r history

Plugin

• dx plugin version: 0.2.3

What's New

Half-Clone Skill

• New half-clone skill to clone the later half of conversations, reducing token usage
• Plugin bumped to v0.2.0
• Starts at clean user message boundaries for better context preservation

Tip Improvements

• Tip 1 expanded with /usage, /stats, and essential slash commands
• Creative testing strategies added to Tip 9
• Playwright MCP and Chrome browser tips (Tip 27)
• Claude for Chrome DOM interaction improvements with accessibility tree terminology

Documentation

• Various global CLAUDE.md instruction cleanups
• Improved version check and URL fetching instructions
• Better bash tool guidance in system prompt patches