01
Use the desktop app, not the browser.
02
Use Cowork, not the chatbot.
03
The longer the conversation, the worse it gets.
04
Reset your session early.
Long conversations are expensive and dumb.
05
A token is a word.
Every word you send gets re-read from the start.
06
Don't give Claude steps.
Give it the goal.
07
Never paste passwords, logins, or access keys.
Ever.
⚠ Security
08
Skills activate themselves.
Just type a command (/command).
09
The "About Me" file is everything.
Set it up once, benefit forever.
10
Use Research Mode.
Almost nobody knows it exists.
11
Ask for 3 versions and pick the best one.
12
Projects remember everything between sessions.
Use them.
13
Make Claude ask you questions before it starts.
It'll do better work.
14
Make Claude review its own answer before you trust it.
15
Outsource the thinking.
Never outsource the understanding.
16
Give it your hardest task.
That's where it actually shines.
17
Stop writing prompts like it's 2023.
18
Forget your prompt library.
Just talk to it.