microsoft / microsoft/rust-guidelines

guidelines.txt exceeds maximum allowed tokens with Claude Code

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Description

Bonjour
I use Win11, Powershell and VSCode
I use Claude Code 2.0.54 with a Pro Plan
I created a skill for Claude Code so that it reads the guideline before modifying/writting any Rust code
This morning I see :

Read(~\.claude\skills\ms-rust\rust-guidelines.txt)
  ⎿  Error: File content (25630 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to
     search for specific content.

It could be usefull to fit the guidelines withing 25_000 tokens or to provide a way to bypass this issue
Regards

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Start by inspecting guidelines.txt and measuring its current token count against the 25,000-token Claude Code limit. Determine whether the intended outcome is to shorten the guidelines or document a way to read them in parts; the issue is done only when one of those outcomes is clearly defined and verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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