9. Being less descriptive is sometimes better: “Refactor the codebase using best practices. Make components and do other things that improve the codebase like that.” is better than telling it to do specific things.
10. Treat Claude Code like a team member. Your team members can make lots of decisions if they understand the big picture goals. Give it a 1-2 page markdown file describing the north star and how what we’re building right now fits into it.
11. It isn’t great at writing microcopy. The context of coding seems to wash out its writing ability, so all the content is highly descriptive and flat. A text input for name does not need a verbose reason for why you’re inputing it.
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