Claude Code: Seed .claude instructions for working on the Python extension kernel

[wesm]

Without these, when you ask Claude to help with the Python extension (and the positron module in particular), it has to do some work to discover the right approach to run the unit tests etc., and it can go down dark alleys. These instructions can surely be made much better

[seeM]

Thanks @wesm for taking the initiative and setting up our Claude team infrastructure! I'm sure many of us have been experimenting and glad we now have a platform to share that.

For future: How do you handle permissions for bash commands like running tests? Should we consider shared settings files with well-scoped commands allowed?

Should we consider helper scripts e.g. one that runs ruff check, format check, and pyright? Perhaps another script that runs ruff check --fix and format? Etc.

[wesm]

Should we consider helper scripts e.g. one that runs ruff check, format check, and pyright? Perhaps another script that runs ruff check --fix and format? Etc.

I took a pass on this and added some helper scripts. Let me know if what I added is what you had in mind?

[seeM]

Looks good, thanks! The outline of helper scripts is what I had in mind. We can add the implementations separately if needed.

[wesm]

I guess I forgot to check the scripts in! I’ll rebase and add those and then merge