Claude Code's creator runs it almost stock

Run 5 terminal + 5–10 web Claudes from a shared team CLAUDE.md. Claude Code's creator describing his own daily setup.

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what to steal

Check one shared CLAUDE.md into git and start in Plan mode before you add anything else.

Our takeaway from the source, not a quote.

Drawn from this card's sourced fields. Amber = older model named by the source. Rose = cut or replaced.

boris-cherny-vanilla-claude-code.toml

# Run 5 terminal + 5–10 web Claudes from a shared team CLAUDE.md
# source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2007179832300581177.html

[rig]
who     = "Claude Code's creator describing his own daily setup"
author  = "Boris Cherny"
date    = "2026-01"

harness = ["Claude Code"]
models  = ["Claude Opus 4.5 (with thinking)"]

[keep]
  - Shared team CLAUDE.md checked into git
  - Starts most sessions in Plan mode
  - 5 terminal sessions + 5–10 claude.ai/code web sessions in parallel

⚠ Claude Opus 4.5: older model(s), named by the source on 2026-01. See current models.

thing	status	why (per source)
Customisation	kept minimal	He calls the setup "surprisingly vanilla"

Source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2007179832300581177.html · checked 2026-10-14

Claude manages, Codex grinds

steal → Use one model to plan architecture and another to churn through build steps.

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by @Merlin412188240

~/rigs/stefancrncic-t3-three-machin….toml𝕏 · 2026-10-13

Five harnesses, three machines, one orchestrator

steal → Install several harnesses on worker machines and drive them from one place.

Claude CodeCodexCursor

by Stefan (@stefancrncic)

~/rigs/mikeholp-route-claude-codex.toml2026-10-11

Route by task type and make each agent review the other

steal → Have the agent that didn't write the change review it.

Claude CodeCodexCursor Claude Opus 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5 git push / commit in C

by Mike Holp