About ClaudeOrNot
ClaudeOrNot is a free tool that helps developers configure AI coding agents. When you're setting up an agent like Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf, you need to decide where to put your instructions: in a reusable skill.md file or in the always-active agents.md / CLAUDE.md.
This choice matters. Put project conventions in a skill file and your agent won't follow them consistently. Put a one-off workflow in agents.md and you bloat the context for every session. ClaudeOrNot analyzes your description and gives you a clear recommendation with ready-to-use markdown output.
How It Works
- 1Describe what you want your AI agent to do — coding standards, workflows, review processes, or any behavioral instructions.
- 2Our AI evaluates factors like reusability, scope, persistence needs, and task-specificity to determine the best placement.
- 3Get an instant recommendation (skill.md or agents.md) with reasoning and ready-to-use markdown content you can copy or download.
When to Use Each
skill.md
- • Reusable workflows across projects
- • Task-specific instructions (TDD, security review)
- • Loaded only when needed
- • Discrete, self-contained capabilities
agents.md / CLAUDE.md
- • Project coding standards & conventions
- • Always-on rules (commit format, deploy steps)
- • Project-specific configuration
- • Team-wide behavioral expectations
Why ClaudeOrNot?
- ✓ Free — no signup, no limits
- ✓ Instant — results in seconds
- ✓ Practical — get copyable markdown output
- ✓ Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and other AI coding agents