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Talk · 26m · Code w/ Claude 2025

Claude Code best practices

Cal Rueb · on Anthropic

One of the people who builds Claude Code at Anthropic on how to get the most out of it day to day.

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What you'll take away

  • Use a CLAUDE.md file for the things Claude should always know: how to run tests, the project layout, your style rules.
  • Ask it to plan before it writes code, and press Escape to steer it as soon as it heads the wrong way.
  • Keep the context clean with /clear and /compact, and auto-approve only the commands that are safe.
  • Run several Claude sessions side by side on bigger jobs, and run it headless in CI for automation.

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