Friday, April 10, 2026

Save this to never write a long prompt to Claude

Ruben Hassid published this LinkedIn post:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ruben-hassid_prompting-is-the-worst-way-to-use-claude-share-7447595034796900353-5c6n

Prompting is the worst way to use Claude.


Here's what the top 1% do instead:


They set up these 8 files once. 

Then they barely prompt again.


File 1: about-me .md (Your identity)

Who you are, your job, your priorities. 

Claude reads this before every task.

To download mine, go here: how-to-ai.guide.

Don't pay anything. It's free in the welcome email


File 2: voice-profile .md (Your taste DNA)

Your beliefs, your writing mechanics, your hard nos. 

Built from a 100-question interview with Claude.


File 3: anti-ai-writing-style .md (Your boundaries)

Every word you ban, the structure you reject, tone you hate. 80% of this file is what you're NOT.

Go to how-to-ai.guide to download anti AI guide.

Don't pay .Open the email. Click on Notion. 

Open '.md files' Download 'ANTI AI STYLE .md'. 


File 4: The Cowork Folder (Your 4-folder system)

ABOUT ME. PROJECTS. TEMPLATES. CLAUDE OUTPUTS. 3 read-only, 1 write. Nothing extra.


File 5: Global Instructions (Your persistent rules)

Set once in Settings → Cowork → Edit

Claude follows them before every task. 

Prompt: "Always read my files first, never edit my originals, deliver everything to CLAUDE OUTPUTS." 


File 6: The One Prompt (How you start every chat)

29 words. Forces Claude to ask YOU questions. 

Starts 80% of your conversations.

Prompt: "I want to [TASK] for [SUCCESS CRITERIA]. Use AskUserQuestion before you start." 


File 7: Connectors (Claude inside your tools)

Slack, Google Drive, Notion, Gmail, Figma. 

No copy-pasting. Claude reads your actual tools.


File 8: Plugins (Instant skill packs)

Marketing, Sales, Legal, Data. One-click install. 

Each comes with its own slash commands.


The secret was always these 8 files behind it.


I wrote 2 guides so you can copy my exact system:


✦ My full 8-file setup: how-to-ai.guide

✦ My Cowork folder walkthrough: claude-co.work

(save this to never write a long prompt to Claude)

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