Tip: Audit Before Grep-Deleting Your CLAUDE.md — 74 Files Yielded Zero Real Self-Check Imperatives

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paddo.dev audited 74 CLAUDE.md files looking for the verification instructions Anthropic now says to remove and found zero genuine self-check imperatives: the "verify" hits were domain vocabulary (JWT verification, HMAC signatures) or external tool invocations ("run flutter analyze before committing"). A naive grep-and-delete would have destroyed working instructions. The structural recommendation is to split rules by lifecycle — permanent repository facts versus perishable model-compensation strategies reviewed every model release.