10. Governing Claude Code with Invisible JSON Files (The .claude Directory and Settings)

Imagine two developers on the exact same team, and they both clone the exact same Git repository on the exact same day. Developer A opens their terminal, types a prompt, and Claude code just autonomously rewrites, I don't know, 50 files in seconds.

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of file, claude, json, including: Developer A opens their terminal, types a prompt, and Claude code just autonomously rewrites, I don't know, 50 files in seconds.

1. 01Developer A opens their terminal, types a prompt, and Claude code just autonomously rewrites, I don't know, 50 files in seconds
2. 02It runs tests, commits the changes entirely without missing a beat
3. 03But then developer B opens their terminal, types the exact same prompt, and Claude immediately stops