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Master Claude

Get far more out of Claude — the right model, projects, memory, artifacts, connectors, and Claude Code.

Pick the right model for the job

Haiku for fast, high-volume, simple tasks; Sonnet for most everyday work (the sweet spot of speed and intelligence); Opus for complex reasoning, deep research, and anything where accuracy really matters. Don't reach for the biggest model by default — match it to the task.

Structure every prompt

The reliable pattern is Role → Goal → Context → Constraints → Output format → Success criteria. The more of those you give, the better and more consistent the result. Vague in, vague out.

Use Projects for anything recurring

A Project holds persistent instructions and reference files so you're not re-pasting context every conversation. Set one up per client, topic, or team, and Claude always starts with the background it needs.

Build with Artifacts

Artifacts are a live workspace for deliverables — documents, code, dashboards, web pages — that you edit and iterate on in place instead of copy-pasting out. Ideal for anything you'll refine over several rounds.

Turn on memory

Let Claude remember your goals, preferences, writing style, and work context across sessions. You spend less time re-explaining yourself and get output that's tailored to you from the start.

Connect your tools

Connectors let Claude reach into apps you already use — Google Drive, Slack, Notion and more — so it can pull real context and act on it, rather than working blind.

Give it examples, not just rules

Two or three examples of what "good" looks like beat a long list of rules. Examples teach the model what to do; rules only tell it what to avoid. Lead with examples.

Graduate to Claude Code

For anything software-shaped — automations, scripts, whole apps — Claude Code works directly in your files and terminal. It's the step up from chatting about code to actually building it.

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