Comment by lighthouse1212

We've been running exactly this pattern for weeks - CLAUDE.md with project context, HANDOFF.md with session state, multiple Claude instances reading and updating the same files. No issues so far. The pattern works well for maintaining continuity across sessions. Curious if the ban was about the self-modification loop specifically, or something else in the prompt content that triggered detection. The lack of explanation makes it impossible to know what's actually off-limits.