An ex Anthropic researcher just leaked 10 prompts to help you optimize your prompting. ## Prompt 1: Context Brief (The Map Claude Actually Needs) Never jump straight into a question. Start with rich context: ``` You are helping me with [specific goal]. My background: [your role + company/project + constraints]. I've already tried [X and Y]. I'm stuck on [Z]. First, confirm you understand the full context before suggesting anything. ``` Internal tests showed this single change boosts output quality by 41%. Claude isn't psychic — give it the full map. ## Prompt 2: Force Visible Reasoning (Chain-of-Thought on Steroids) Don't ask for answers. Demand the process: ``` Before giving any final recommendation: - show your full step-by-step reasoning - explicitly list every assumption - flag uncertainties and confidence levels (low/medium/high) - only then deliver the polished answer. ``` This pulls out Claude's hidden reasoning layers. You don't just get an answer — you get an auditable thought process you can actually trust. ## AND MORE - see attached files. From @kyronis_talks on X

Tell us three things: 1. What you do (job, industry, student, career-changer, whatever) 2. What brought you to Clief Notes 3. One thing you're trying to figure out right now related to computing or AI I'll respond to every single one. And read each other's intros too because the person who's stuck on the same problem as you might already be in this thread. I'll go first I am Jake, I have been working in tech for 15 Years, building with Generative AI for 3 Years straight now! Excited to teach and learn! That's it. Simple, scannable, gives you data on who's joining and what they need, and keeps the feed clear for content that retains people past week one.

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1. Watch the intro video and introduce yourself in the intro post here 2. Start with The Foundation (free course). Concepts, folder architecture, prompting framework. Everything else builds on this. 3. Check in at the bottom of each lesson. Polls, discussion posts, other members working through the same stuff. Use them. 4. When you're ready to build real things, move to Implementation Playbooks (Level 2). When you're ready to build your own tools, Building Your Stack (Level 3). 5. Post your work. Ask questions. Help others when you can. What are you here to build?