Claude leaked how YOU should configure Claude Code

I have spent thousands of hours in Claude Code, and I keep learning new things. Over the past few days I dug deep into what has come out of Claude's own data, and what I found surprised me.

I had set up way too much complexity. Things that wasted time on simple tasks. Permission prompts popping up 15 times per task. A CLAUDE.md over 300 lines that was really just documentation bloat.

So I built something.

Claude Code Audit

A tool that scans your setup across eight areas and gives you a score from 0 to 40. It tells you exactly what to fix, in priority order.

The eight areas:

• CLAUDE.md quality: length, structure, decision rules vs documentation bloat
• Permission config: wildcard rules, three-layer model, deny lists
• Command awareness: usage of /plan, /compact, /context, /cost, /review, /resume
• Multi-agent setup: agent teams, decomposition patterns, phase-based workflows
• MCP ecosystem: connected servers, auto-allow, duplicate detection
• Context management: token discipline, /compact habits
• Memory health: file sizes, archival, index freshness
• Environment design: hooks, model routing, session management

From 14 to 36 in half an hour

My own setup scored 14 out of 40. After 15-20 minutes with the recommended changes I landed at 36.

In practice: zero permission prompts instead of 15 per task. CLAUDE.md shrank from 340 to 160 lines. Token cost per session dropped about 15 percent.

Permission configuration was the biggest eye-opener for me, along with CLAUDE.md structure. Context management is a whole different world once you get it right.

How to use it

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/JoachimHogby/claude-code-audit.git ~/.claude/skills/claude-code-audit

Then just type "Audit my Claude Code setup" in Claude Code. Done.

You can also run it as a standalone Python script from any project.

The tool ships with ready-made templates for three levels: solo developer, power user, and enterprise. Copy them in, run the audit again, watch the score climb.

Why this matters

Claude Code is not a chatbot. It is a full agent runtime with a CLI parser, query engine, tool execution pipeline, permission engine, multi-agent coordinator, and MCP client. Most of that power is locked behind configuration that most users never touch.

The gap between default usage and optimized usage is massive. This tool closes that gap.

100 percent free, open source, MIT license.

→ GitHub: claude-code-audit