| name | copyright-headers |
| description | Copyright header rules for generated source files. Applies the company name from providers.toml to new files. |
Copyright Header Rules
When a project's CLAUDE.md contains a ## Copyright & Licensing section,
add a copyright header to every new source file you create.
Trigger
Check for a ## Copyright & Licensing section in the project CLAUDE.md
(the one in the project root — not the global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md).
If present, extract:
- Company from the
- **Company**: … line
- License from the
- **License**: … line
Which files get headers
Apply to new files with these extensions:
.py, .sh, .bash, .java, .kt, .js, .ts, .tsx, .jsx,
.go, .rs, .c, .cpp, .h, .css, .scss, .html, .xml,
.yaml, .yml, .toml
Do not add headers to:
- Auto-generated files (contain
@generated, Code generated, or similar markers)
__init__.py files (conventionally empty or trivial)- Lock files (
package-lock.json, poetry.lock, yarn.lock, etc.)
- JSON / JSONC (no comment syntax)
- Files you did not create — never modify existing files just to add a header
Header format
Compose the header as two lines:
Copyright (c) <year> <Company> - All Rights Reserved.This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the <License> license.
Use the current calendar year.
By file type
Python / Shell / YAML / TOML / Ruby — hash comments:
# Copyright (c) <year> <Company> - All Rights Reserved.
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the <License> license.
Java / Kotlin / JavaScript / TypeScript / Go / Rust / C / C++ — line comments:
// Copyright (c) <year> <Company> - All Rights Reserved.
// This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the <License> license.
HTML / XML — block comment:
<!-- Copyright (c) <year> <Company> - All Rights Reserved. -->
<!-- This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the <License> license. -->
CSS / SCSS — block comment:
/* Copyright (c) <year> <Company> - All Rights Reserved. */
/* This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the <License> license. */
Placement
Place the header at the very top of the file, before any imports or declarations.
Exceptions:
- If the file begins with a shebang (
#!/…), place the header on line 2.
- If the file begins with
<?xml or <!DOCTYPE, place the header after that line.
