Matt Pocock

A humorous observation about Claude Code repeatedly ignoring pnpm preferences even after adding instructions to CLAUDE.md, with a teaser that there's a better way to enforce package manager preferences.

Claude Code: "npm add ..."

You: "Use pnpm, you idiot!"

*adds it to CLAUDE​.md*

Claude: "npm add ..."

There's a better way:

<p>Claude Code: &quot;npm add ...&quot;

You: &quot;Use pnpm, you idiot!&quot;

*adds it to CLAUDE​.md*

Claude: &quot;npm add ...&quot;

There's a better way:</p>

Claude Code: "npm add ..." You: "Use pnpm, you idiot!" *adds it to CLAUDE​.md* Claude: "npm add ..." There's a better way:

Claude Code: "npm add ..." You: "Use pnpm, you idiot!" adds it to CLAUDE.md Claude: "npm add ..." There's a better way: