CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is Julian Reif’s personal academic website built with Jekyll using the Minimal Mistakes theme as a remote theme. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages at julianreif.com.

Build and Deploy Commands

Build locally:

bundle exec jekyll build

Serve locally with live reload:

bundle exec jekyll serve

Note: Changes to _config.yml require restarting the server.

Deploy process (manual):

1. Run bundle exec jekyll build
2. Copy contents of _site/ to root folder
3. Copy CNAME to root folder

Architecture

Data-Driven Content

Research publications and software listings are managed via JSON data files in _data/:

• publications.json - Published papers
• publications-working.json - Working papers
• publications-chapters.json - Book chapters
• publications-other.json - Other publications
• publications-grants.json - External grants
• software.json - Software package descriptions

The _pages/research.md template iterates over these JSON files to render the research page dynamically.

Theme Customizations

Custom overrides to the Minimal Mistakes theme:

• /assets/css/main.scss - Removes hyperlink underlines, larger avatar, no sidebar fade
• /_includes/footer.html - RSS feed link removed
• /_includes/head/custom.html - Favicon, syntax highlighting (VS Code Light+), Font Awesome 6.5.2, Google Analytics

Key Configuration

• Theme skin: contrast
• Remote theme: mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
• Navigation defined in _data/navigation.yml

Content Updates

To add a new publication, add an entry to the appropriate JSON file in _data/. Each entry supports fields: title, coauthors, publication, award, media, policy, other, abstract.

Research PDFs are stored in /research/ and CV in /cv/.