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Chapter 4 of 7

Files

Code Guardian creates files in the project, in the .git directory and in the home directory. This page lists them.

In the project

  • .audit-log.md
  • .task-journal.md
  • .code-guardian-propagation.md
  • .code-guardian-todo.md (plus -archiv)
  • .code-guardian-evidence/<trace-id>/
  • .code-guardian-deploy-report.md, .code-guardian-migration-report.md, .code-guardian-dependency-report.md
  • .code-guardian-autopilot.md
  • .code-guardian-scope
  • .code-guardian-zelle/
  • .code-guardian-rechtsbelege.md
  • .code-guardian-narben.tsv

Optional configuration

  • .code-guardian-deploy.yml
  • .code-guardian-slop.yml
  • .code-guardian-redundancy.yml
  • .code-guardian-migration.yml

In the git directory

  • .git/cg-frische
  • .git/cg-live

In the home directory (~/.claude)

  • code-guardian.conf
  • code-guardian-failopen.log
  • code-guardian-stopcrash.log
  • code-guardian-incidents/
  • skill-backups/

The installer edits settings.json and creates a backup first.

Under Codex

There, the configuration lives at ~/.codex/code-guardian.conf.

In one sentence

Project state, guard configuration and defaults live in clearly named, separate files in the project, in the .git directory and in the home directory.

This chapter as a task for Claude

Copy it, replace the angle brackets with your own details, paste it into Claude Code.

List every Code Guardian file in this project and in ~/.claude, and tell me which of them I have accidentally committed.