Output styles
Output styles
.claude/output-styles/*.md
Vendor docs
frontmatter
| name | type | required | meaning | concept | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| description | string | Description of the output style, shown in the `/config` picker | docs ↗ | ||
| force-for-plugin | string | Plugin output styles only: apply this style automatically whenever the plugin is enabled, without requiring users to select it. Overrides the user's `outputStyle` setting. If multiple enabled plugins set this, Claude Code uses the first ... | docs ↗ | ||
| keep-coding-instructions | string | Keep Claude Code's built-in software engineering instructions | docs ↗ | ||
| name | string | Name of the output style, if not the file name | docs ↗ |