Claude Code's CLAUDE.md inheritance: how nested configs actually work
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Claude Code's CLAUDE.md inheritance: how nested configs actually work If you've been using a single CLAUDE.md at your project root, you're missing one of Claude Code's most powerful features: nested CLAUDE.md inheritance. Here's what's actually happening under the hood - and how to use it to build context-aware agents that behave differently depending on which part of your codebase they're working in.