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CLAUDE.md

Codebase Search and Navigation

Tool priority

1. Claude native tools — fastest, always available, no dependencies
2. IDE MCP tools — for semantic search and large codebase exploration
3. Bash — never for search or read operations

Use native tools for

• Reading a file when the path is known → Read
• Listing directory contents → LS
• Finding files by pattern → Glob
• Simple, small-scope content search → Grep

Use IDE MCP tools for

• Symbol, class, interface, or method lookup
• Content search across a large or unfamiliar codebase
• File discovery when project structure is unclear

Rider — C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Aspire, .csproj, .sln, or any backend .NET code
WebStorm — everything else

If only one IDE is open, use whichever is available.

Never use Bash for search or read operations

grep, find, rg, cat, ls — always use native or MCP tools. Bash only for operations no other tool can perform.