I thought I had Claude figured out. I had my prompt templates, my tidy folders and a long about-me doc I pasted into every new chat. Then I read a post that took apart almost every one of those habits, and I realized I’d been doing a lot of extra work for worse results.
The post comes from an AI professional on LinkedIn who opens with a challenge: “You think you’ve mastered Claude.” Then the author lists 7 daily habits that show you probably haven’t, at least not yet. Each one comes with a fix you can try today. I liked how practical it is, so here’s my breakdown with some extra context on why each fix works.
1. Stop building folders and files for Claude
Lots of us pile up folders full of reference docs, old drafts and past outputs, thinking more material means better answers. The creator says to delete them all. Folders leak old outputs and “poison your context,” which means Claude starts copying stale work instead of thinking fresh.
The author’s setup is just two things: Skills + Projects. Nothing else. Skills hold reusable instructions. Projects hold the context for a specific piece of work. That keeps everything clean and on purpose.
Try this: Look through your current setup. If a file isn’t something Claude needs every single time, it either becomes a Skill or it goes.
2. Turn your about-me file into a Skill
An about-me file sounds smart until you’re updating it every week and pasting it into chats where it doesn’t belong. The expert’s fix is to turn it into a Skill. One /command loads who you are, and only when you call it.
I like this because it flips the default. Your personal context stops cluttering every conversation and shows up only when it helps. The original poster sums it up as “zero maintenance.”
3. Quit chasing the perfect prompt
This one surprised me most. Instead of spending 20 minutes polishing a prompt, the author suggests writing a lazy one and adding “use AskUserQuestion.” Claude then interviews you. You click through the answers, and it keeps asking until, in the creator’s words, “it’s impossible to fail.”
Why does this work? Claude knows what information it’s missing. You don’t always know. Letting it ask the questions fills in gaps you wouldn’t have spotted.
Example lazy prompt: “Write a launch email for my new workshop. Use AskUserQuestion.”
4. Talk instead of typing
The post’s author points out a simple bit of math. You type at about 60 words per minute, but you speak at around 150. The fix: hold Shift and talk using Wispr Flow, a voice dictation tool.
The real win isn’t speed. It’s that you naturally share more when you talk. You ramble, add background and mention edge cases you’d never bother typing. As the creator puts it: “More yapping = more context = better output.”
5. Let Connectors handle your morning inbox check
Checking Gmail by hand every morning eats time and attention. The expert’s fix is to plug Connectors into Gmail, Slack and Granola, the AI meeting notes app. Then ask for one morning summary that covers what needs a reply and what’s slipping.
“Click. Done.” That’s the whole workflow, according to the author.
Starter prompt idea: “Check my Gmail, Slack and Granola notes from the last 24 hours. Tell me what I need to reply to today and which tasks are at risk of slipping.”
6. Stop building spreadsheets cell by cell
If you still type formulas one cell at a time, this tip is for you. The original poster suggests dropping your CSV into Cowork and describing the output you want. Claude writes the formulas and builds the model. One click sends it straight to Google Sheets.
This works great for budgets, sales trackers, forecasts or any messy data export. Describe the end result in plain English, like “monthly revenue by product with a growth column,” and let Claude handle the formulas.
7. Never do the same task twice
The last habit might be the most valuable one long term. The second time you run a task, the author says to just tell Claude “make it a skill.” Your one-off workflow becomes a reusable tool you can call anytime.
The creator adds one more trick for when you have no idea where to start: use a planning command that maps out everything from A to Z before you begin.
The pattern behind all 7 fixes is the same: stop doing manual setup and let Claude ask, listen, connect and remember for you.
Where to start this week
You don’t need to change everything at once. Here’s the order I’d go in, based on the author’s list:
- Add “use AskUserQuestion” to your next lazy prompt and see how Claude interviews you.
- Turn your about-me file into a Skill so it only loads when you need it.
- Try voice dictation for one full day of prompting.
- The next time you repeat a task, say “make it a skill.”
- Clean up old folders and move what matters into Skills and Projects.
What I love about this list is that none of it needs technical skills. These are small habit changes that add up quickly, and the person who shared them clearly uses them every day.
Check out the full LinkedIn post to see the original list in the author’s own words and pick the fix you want to try first.