Claude doesn't come with a manual. So I wrote a simple guide (like IKEA instructions): Most people open Claude, type a question, get a bad answer & decide it's "just another chatbot." The problem is nobody handed you the instructions. So I wrote one, like flat-pack furniture. Here's the whole thing: 1. Get the entire manual (for free) Go to Subscribe for free. Open the received email in your inbox. Go to the link, download "Ikea Claude manual" Keep it open in a second tab while you follow along. 2. The one sentence to end every prompt with - it makes you better at Claude than 99% of people 3. Goals vs. tasks: why "write me an email" gets a worse result than telling Claude what you want 4. The Claude rule that stops your chats getting slow, dumb, and expensive 5. How to give Claude a memory, so every chat already knows who you are 6. The expensive model nobody warns you about and when to use it 7. Connecting your Gmail and calendar, and the skills you build once and never rebuild No coding. No folders. No jargon. If you can build a bookshelf, you can do this. Keep it open in a second tab while you follow along: → I removed every word that wasn't necessary and drew the rest. If your team is still typing one-line questions into a Ferrari, send them this. (If you share it, mention the newsletter. Be nice.)