Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when setting up or extending a Claude Code project and you want its coding guidance to reflect the project’s security concerns and technology choices.
Who it is for
- Developers using Claude Code who want project-specific security guidance during code generation.
- Teams building web applications, AI/ML systems, RAG workflows or agentic AI that want rules relevant to their stack.
- Reviewers seeking a starting checklist for security discussions around AI/ML project code.
Documented uses
- Select and copy core security rules into a project.
- Add language-, framework- or RAG-specific guidance alongside core rules.
- Set expectations for strict, warning and advisory security guidance.
- Adapt rule files with project-specific security requirements.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and identifies an MIT license. Its setup instructions use command-line cloning and file-copy operations.
- Rules are files to add to a Claude Code project; the repository is not itself an autonomous coding agent.
- The README describes more than 100 rule sets across languages, backend and frontend frameworks, AI/ML frameworks, RAG tools, infrastructure and CI/CD.
- Strict, warning and advisory levels provide different kinds of guidance, from refusal behavior to recommendations.
- The documented workflow requires selecting relevant files and placing them in the project structure.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Add selected security rules to a Claude Code project
Copy core and stack-specific rules into an existing project so Claude Code can apply them.
Before you start
- A cloned copy of the repository.
- An existing project using Claude Code.
- Command-line access to copy files.
Steps
Clone the repository and change into its directory.
Copy relevant files from rules/_core/ into the project’s .claude/ directory.
Copy any needed language or framework CLAUDE.md files into the appropriate project directories.
Use Claude Code with the project; the README says it applies the included rules.
Expected outcome
The project contains selected security guidance for Claude Code, with strict, warning and advisory rule behaviors described by the README.
Guide limitations
- The guide describes copying rule files, not independently validating the security of generated code.
- Choose files that match the project; copying rules does not itself implement or review application security.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 12 October 2026
- Original website title
- TikiTribe/claude-secure-coding-rules · Official homepage title · retained in its source language