Ruben Hassid(@rubenhassid):You're constantly drowning in (overtechnical) posts about Claude, many of what is written by Claude itself. So, I've made a simpler one-pager that you MUST know (without getting technical): First, the words. People use them like you're supposed to already know them. → A Project is a folder with your uploaded files, rules & categorised chats for one job. → A Style is a copy of how you write. → An Artifact is a doc that opens on the right of your screen. You can edit it there. → A Skill is a long prompt you wrote down once so you never have to explain it again. → A Connector is your tools, in Claude (your Gmail, Drive, Slack), so it reads them & gets your context. → Claude Cowork works on your files stored on your desktop while you go do something else. → A token is (literally) a word. That's all. It wasn't that scary, right? Now the part that you have to do, to set up Claude: 1. Open a Project & name it after the repetitive task. Like, "Client emails." Then upload files related to this task. Now, Claude reads everything in the folder before it answers you. 2. Write your about-me file & turn it into a Skill. It must have your job, whom you sell to, what you sell, how you talk, what you never say. Then turn it into a Claude Skill by uploading it in a chat with this prompt: "Turn this uploaded .md file into a Claude skill with the name of "about me." To write your own about me skill, download the interview prompts at https://t.co/nvi0ODsMR5 3. Put your rules in the Project instructions. Copy this, but change the names: "You help me write [what]. My readers are [who]. Use short sentences. Never use the words [x] or [y]. If you need more information, ask me one question at a time. When I paste a draft, tell me what to cut before you rewrite anything." But I don't use these Claude functions anymore: ✦ I don't have Memory turned on. It poisons the future chats and restricts Claude to being in a box. ✦ I only connect to 3 connectors. Gamma, Granola, Gmail. Never paste logins, keys, or client contracts. I wrote 27 such Claude tips after realising Anthropic was going to publish them for us. The guide is free to download:

2026.08.21 05:00

You're constantly drowning in (overtechnical) posts about Claude, many of what is written by Claude itself. So, I've made a simpler one-pager that you MUST know (without getting technical): First, the words. People use them like you're supposed to already know them. → A Project is a folder with your uploaded files, rules & categorised chats for one job. → A Style is a copy of how you write. → An Artifact is a doc that opens on the right of your screen. You can edit it there. → A Skill is a long prompt you wrote down once so you never have to explain it again. → A Connector is your tools, in Claude (your Gmail, Drive, Slack), so it reads them & gets your context. → Claude Cowork works on your files stored on your desktop while you go do something else. → A token is (literally) a word. That's all. It wasn't that scary, right? Now the part that you have to do, to set up Claude: 1. Open a Project & name it after the repetitive task. Like, "Client emails." Then upload files related to this task. Now, Claude reads everything in the folder before it answers you. 2. Write your about-me file & turn it into a Skill. It must have your job, whom you sell to, what you sell, how you talk, what you never say. Then turn it into a Claude Skill by uploading it in a chat with this prompt: "Turn this uploaded .md file into a Claude skill with the name of "about me." To write your own about me skill, download the interview prompts at 3. Put your rules in the Project instructions. Copy this, but change the names: "You help me write [what]. My readers are [who]. Use short sentences. Never use the words [x] or [y]. If you need more information, ask me one question at a time. When I paste a draft, tell me what to cut before you rewrite anything." But I don't use these Claude functions anymore: ✦ I don't have Memory turned on. It poisons the future chats and restricts Claude to being in a box. ✦ I only connect to 3 connectors. Gamma, Granola, Gmail. Never paste logins, keys, or client contracts. I wrote 27 such Claude tips after realising Anthropic was going to publish them for us. The guide is free to download: