Claude.md for Python Data Science

# Project: Customer Analytics Pipeline


## Development Standards

- **Language**: Python 3.11+

- **Code Style**: Follow PEP 8 strictly, use Black for formatting

- **Type Hints**: Required for all function signatures and class definitions

- **Documentation**: Docstrings required for all public functions and classes


## Workflow Requirements

1. Create feature branch: `analysis-[description]` or `model-[description]`

2. Write unit tests for all data processing functions

3. Run `pytest` and ensure all tests pass

4. Run `black .` and `flake8` before committing

5. Update relevant documentation in `/docs` if adding new features


## Project Structure

- `/src/data`: Data ingestion and preprocessing modules

- `/src/models`: ML model definitions and training scripts  

- `/src/analysis`: Exploratory analysis notebooks and scripts

- `/src/utils`: Shared utility functions

- `/tests`: Comprehensive test suite

- `/configs`: Configuration files for different environments


## Data Handling Standards

- Use Pandas for data manipulation, prefer vectorized operations

- All data files must be documented in `/data/README.md`

- Use Pydantic models for data validation and serialization

- Never commit raw data files to version control

- Use environment variables for database connections and API keys


## ML/Analysis Guidelines

- Use scikit-learn for standard ML algorithms

- Notebook naming: `YYYY-MM-DD-[initials]-[description].ipynb`

- Save all trained models with versioning in `/models/trained`

- Use MLflow for experiment tracking

- Include model performance metrics in commit messages


## Dependencies

- Core: pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, matplotlib, seaborn

- ML: xgboost, lightgbm, optuna

- Data: sqlalchemy, pydantic, requests

- Testing: pytest, pytest-cov

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