Parallel Agents
By default Claude Code tends to work one step at a time: read a file, then the next, then the next - slowly grinding through your task while the conversation fills up with everything it touched.
This instruction teaches it to think about parallelism. Independent reads and searches get batched into one step (cheap, instant), and genuinely separate chunks of work get handed to subagents that run at the same time and report back - so the main chat stays focused on the result, not the grind.
The rule also stops Claude from overdoing it: it won't spin up a team for a small task, or re-read files that are already loaded. The speed of a team, the focus of one.
Add the following instruction to my global CLAUDE.md (the user-level file, e.g. ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md - create the file if it doesn't exist). Safety first: read my current global CLAUDE.md before changing anything. If it already contains this instruction, or an equivalent rule about parallel tool calls and subagent delegation, tell me what you found, change nothing, and stop. If it clashes with or contradicts any instruction I already have, don't append either - point out the clash, explain the trade-off, and ask me how I want to handle it. Never remove or rewrite my existing content - only append. Append this section exactly: ## Parallel Agents Distinguish two kinds of parallelism. Parallel tool calls (multiple Read/Grep/Bash in one message) are cheap - do them whenever the calls are independent. This should be the default. Spawning subagents or agent teams is heavier - only worth it when each agent has substantial, independent work. Don't manufacture parallelism for small tasks, and don't spawn an agent to re-read files already loaded in the current session. When you're done, show me the section you added and confirm where it lives.
Paste it into Claude Code - it adds the instruction to your CLAUDE.md itself, skipping anything you already have or that clashes.
This ships inside ClockedCode.
It's one piece of a curated set of tools, agents, and a tuned global CLAUDE.md - all wired up and installed in a single paste.
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