fix: eliminate 72k token context exhaustion via paths frontmatter#8
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fix: eliminate 72k token context exhaustion via paths frontmatter#8
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All 16 rule files in .claude/rules/ now have paths: frontmatter, making them load on-demand instead of eagerly. This eliminates ~72k tokens (~34% of 200k context) from every session startup. Before: 72,392 tokens loaded unconditionally on session start After: 0 tokens always-loaded (rules load only when matching files are in conversation context) Fixes: thiagofinch#2 (Context Window Exhaustion) Security mapping: - OWASP LLM10 (Unbounded Consumption) - MITRE ATLAS AML.T0054 (LLM Resource Exhaustion) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
paths:frontmatter to all 14 rule files in.claude/rules/that were missing itImpact
Approach
Claude Code's
paths:frontmatter mechanism scopes rule loading:paths:→ loaded eagerly (always)paths:→ loaded only when matching files are in contextThis is the native, zero-risk approach — no files moved, no content changed, no architecture modified.
Files Changed (14)
All edits are identical in pattern: prepend YAML frontmatter with relevant glob patterns.
Security Mapping
Fixes
Fixes thiagofinch#2
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