#prompting

3 hacks

1.
Prompt with task, guardrails and exit criteria instead of numbered steps (youtube.com)
Spelling out do-this-then-that is now the common failure mode. Describe the goal, the constraints and how Claude knows it is done, then leave the method alone.
0.00 points·15 hours ago·Claude Code / CLAUDE.md·easy·discuss
2.
Audit for instruction collision between CLAUDE.md, skills and your prompt (youtube.com)
"Never add comments" in CLAUDE.md plus "make this readable" in your prompt is a contradiction Claude has to resolve before it writes a line. Find those pairs and pick one.
0.00 points·15 hours ago·Claude Code / CLAUDE.md·easy·discuss
3.
Delete your CLAUDE.md, skills and hooks after a model upgrade, then add back only what breaks (youtube.com)
Most CLAUDE.md lines exist to correct a model that no longer makes that mistake. Delete them after an upgrade and re-add only the ones a failure proves you need.
0.00 points·15 hours ago·Claude Code / CLAUDE.md·easy·discuss