I'm amazed most people still use Claude without knowing its best features.
Here's how to use Claude like a power user with the right settings and workflows.
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1. Give Claude a clear role, task, context, and expected output for better responses.
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2. Use XML tags to organize prompts and improve instruction following.
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3. Tell Claude what to do instead of listing only what to avoid.
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4. Break complex tasks into smaller conversations for higher quality results.
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5. Choose the right model based on speed, reasoning, and coding needs.
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6. Turn Memory on so Claude remembers useful details across supported chats.
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7. Use Projects to keep related files, chats, and instructions together.
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8. Take advantage of Claude Sonnet's large context window for long documents.
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9. Save reusable Skills to automate repetitive workflows.
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10. Keep Skill instructions concise so important rules are not buried.
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11. Use Claude Code to plan, build, test, and verify coding tasks.
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12. Avoid asking Claude Code to generate an entire application in one prompt.
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13. Connect Google Drive, GitHub, Notion, Slack, and other tools with MCP.
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14. Configure connector permissions carefully for better security.
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15. Use Cowork for interactive desktop assistance and scheduled tasks.
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16. Enable Web Search whenever you need current information or live research.
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17. Use Artifacts for documents, apps, dashboards, and editable outputs.
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18. Upload images, screenshots, PDFs, and charts for visual analysis with Vision.
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19. Follow Claude's safety guidelines and never share sensitive credentials in chats.
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20. Think of Claude as a reasoning engine, coding assistant, research tool, and productivity workspace, not just a chatbot.
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To learn more, check the infographic.
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Delete unused code. Don't comment it out. Git history is a much better option to retrieve old work.
Signed,
"Is this still important?" and
"Lol this code will live forever"
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TIL how to easily add the code auto-formatting accordingly to the ESLint config in @code:
1) Install Prettier and ESLint extensions
2) Extend your VSCode config with:
{
"editor.formatOnSave": true,
"prettier.eslintIntegration": true
}
3) Enjoy the code formatting on file save 🎉