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 chemenu/
 ├── AGENTS.md           # Control plane: invariants, file naming, routing, gates
-├── CLAUDE.md           # Claude Code only: imports AGENTS.md/USER.md/SOUL.md/ENVIRONMENT.md + its Claude-Code-only instructions. No rules of its own
+├── CLAUDE.md           # Claude Code only: imports AGENTS.md, links the one Claude-Code-only decision (model/effort). No rules of its own
 ├── README.md           # This file: human-readable overview of the whole repo
 ├── INSTALL.md          # Human-readable setup: new instance vs. cloning this one
 ├── INSTALL-MCP.md      # Human-readable setup for the optional MCP read server