@bcherny@0xPaulius It’s been off all week (Opus on medium). Skipping rules, sending me to find context files instead of looking for them, then apologizing.
After designing 6+ skills for business operations, I feel the most confident building with Claude Code + Skills. Having ai employees feels like winning the lottery, but not if it ends up wiping out my inbox, or getting me a yolo bill for using tokens recklessly.
For Business operations with real clients and money at stake, I need production-ready assistants with reliable outputs. With the Claude setup, I feel the most control; it's annoying to approve everything, but better than regret. I assign different models to perform different tasks to be more token-conscious and stretch the Max plan limit.
@petergyang For work, I use Claude Code and I'm more and more building skills connected to Airtable because I need to see the things (proposals, contacts lists, etc) Plus, my team can access it too.
I moved my n8n workflows to Claude Code Skills, and it escalated into the most creative and fun two weeks building skills for my family business.
I’m building a command center with one skill per function. My first is named Chloe, an outreach assistant (not the spammy kind). The business is B2B and relationship-heavy, so interactions need to be thoughtful.
The goal is for Chloe to solve three problems: decision fatigue around who to contact, inconsistent outreach, and freeing up time for in-person networking and growth opportunities.
For now, she researches new companies and opportunities, tracks who was contacted and who was not, and initiates the emails. The human stays “in the front” of the interaction, at least until we build trust.
I designed the skill in the same way I would train an employee. She has a personality and context about the company, the clients, and the role titles we work with. When we need her, we type /Chloe. She has three workflows to use as needed, which took the most time designing. They describe the way I want her to work, and it's specific.
I gave her a clipboard to take notes on corrections and feedback she receives during sessions. She is connected to Airtable, has read and write permissions, and can add contacts, look up people we haven't emailed yet, or search for something specific on demand.
Airtable serves as a shared source of truth for the team and Chloe, and it works well enough as her memory layer. It works shockingly well, I love it so much. I can't believe the times we're living in.