Best Claude Templates
Starter templates, CLAUDE.md configs, and boilerplates.
Claude Templates and CLAUDE.md
Templates are starter scaffolds and CLAUDE.md configurations that bootstrap a project with sensible defaults. A good CLAUDE.md tells Claude how this codebase is structured, what conventions to follow, what NOT to touch, and which subagents/MCP servers/skills are in play. Without it, Claude rediscovers your project every session.
The community has open-sourced templates for Next.js, FastAPI, monorepos, Rust workspaces, Unity projects, mobile apps, marketing sites and more. Each one ships a CLAUDE.md tuned for that stack, plus a baseline .claude/ directory with curated skills and agents.
Below: every public template repo we've indexed. Use them as starting points or steal patterns for your own CLAUDE.md.
Questions about Templates
Do I really need a CLAUDE.md for every project?+
Yes if the project is non-trivial. Without one Claude has to re-infer your conventions every session, which wastes tokens and produces inconsistent results. A 100-line CLAUDE.md saves hours over the lifetime of a repo.
What goes in a great CLAUDE.md?+
Stack overview (frameworks, key libraries), conventions (naming, testing, error handling), file structure tour, anti-patterns to avoid, env vars, deployment quirks, and a list of skills/agents/MCP servers configured for this repo. Keep it under 500 lines, Claude reads it every session.
Can templates include MCP servers?+
Yes. A good template ships a .claude/settings.json with the MCP servers the project needs (e.g. postgres for a backend template, playwright for a fullstack one). When the user runs the template, the MCP config is already wired.
How do I keep CLAUDE.md updated?+
Treat it as code. Review on every PR. When you add a new convention, add it to CLAUDE.md in the same commit. When you remove an old library, drop the section. Stale CLAUDE.md files actively confuse Claude.
Are these templates safe for commercial use?+
Most are MIT/Apache. The repo card on ClaudeWave shows the license. Always check before using a template in a product. Trust Score 90+ usually means license is clean and the project is actively maintained.