Post by Ruben Hassid

You're using Claude wrong (again). Here's the 1-page checklist that fixes everything: 1. Save this image. It's 9 sections, 81 checkboxes. 2. Print it. Pin it next to your screen. 3. To copy my exact setup: how-to-ai.guide 4. Don't pay anything. It's free in the welcome email. --- 1. Setup (the foundation). ☑ Pay for Pro at $20/month. Worth every cent. ☑ Download the desktop app. Not the browser. ☑ Opus 4.7 with Adaptive Thinking for complex task ☑ Claude 101: https://lnkd.in/gTKxkNrY 2. Build your Context Folder. ☑ Create a folder called "Claude Cowork" on Mac. ☑ Add 3 subfolders: About me, Outputs, Templates. ☑ Write your about-me .md under 2,000 words. ☑ Master Claude Cowork: claude-co.work 3. Prompt like the top 1%. ☑ State what you want & what success looks like. ☑ Prompt "Use AskUserQuestion before you start." ☑ Edit messages instead of sending a follow-up. ☑ Better prompting: https://lnkd.in/e47NxW22 4. Connect your tools. ☑ Settings → Connectors → Browse → click "Add." ☑ Gmail, Drive, Slack, Notion, Granola, Gamma. ☑ Turn off connectors you don't need for the task. ☑ Claude 101: how-to-claude.ai 5. Create Skills with /commands. ☑ Add: "Use skill-creator to build a skill for [task]." ☑ Claude interviews you. Generates. You upload it. ☑ Add "do NOT use for" to every skill description. ☑ Build your first Skill: claude-skills.free 6. Run Projects with memory. ☑ Create one Project per recurring deliverable. ☑ Upload one gold-standard example per Project. ☑ Save winning outputs as templates in a folder. ☑ Cowork + Projects: https://lnkd.in/d8BHqTvV 7. Design & Code without designers. ☑ Open claude .ai/design for landing pages. ☑ Upload a DESIGN .md brand file. ☑ Connect a free GitHub account for deployment. ☑ Claude Design 101: claudedesign.free 8. Research like a pro. ☑ Turn on Web Search inside the prompt bar. ☑ Ask it to do 5 varied searches & identify gaps. ☑ Use Grok for real-time news Claude misses. ☑ Start here: https://lnkd.in/gBthW4Qh 9. Master the token economy. ☑ Plan in chat first. Build in Cowork second. ☑ Convert PDFs & screenshots to markdown format ☑ Restart conversations every 20 messages. ☑ Stop hitting limits: https://lnkd.in/gzzhvrY6 ♻️ Repost this to help someone stop using Claude wrong.