@Mikocrypto11: Anthropic engineer's key point: 'You shouldn't always prompt Claude. You should build a system that prompts itself.' This might be the most worth-saving Claude workflow I've seen recently. In the video she breaks down...
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Anthropic engineer emphasizes that you should not just manually prompt Claude, but rather build a system that can prompt itself. The article breaks down common user issues: starting from scratch every time, not leveraging CLAUDE.md, plugins, and workflows, pointing out that this wastes most of Claude's capabilities.
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Anthropic engineer says it best:
“You shouldn’t be prompting Claude constantly. You should build a system that prompts itself.”
This might be the most worth-saving Claude workflow I’ve come across recently.
In the video, she breaks down the same problem many people are having:
You’ve been using Claude for months, but you still start from scratch every time.
Open a new session.
Re-explain the context.
Re-paste the background.
Re-write the prompt.
Then close the tab, and everything stops.
She dives into a few details:
CLAUDE.md can already eat up 14% of your context before you even type the first word.
95% of users never install any plugins.
Workflows that can run without you typing a single prompt.
And why “type a prompt then close the page” leaves 90% of Claude’s ability on the table.
What’s really interesting:
Claude’s true value isn’t just answering your questions —
it’s whether you can integrate it into a system.
Let it remember rules.
Read context.
Call plugins.
Run workflows.
Even keep moving tasks forward when you haven’t typed the next prompt.
If you’ve been using Claude for months but still start each session from scratch,
you still have at least 28 untouched features.
Maybe 30.
Tonight, instead of bingeing another episode, watch this video.
Then bookmark it.
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