Best Prompts & Skills for Claude
Anthropic's Claude models excel at long-context reasoning, coding, and nuanced writing. Skills and CLAUDE.md files are first-class here.
Prompts
Explain at Five Levels
Understand any concept via five explanations, from a child's level to expert.
Senior Code Reviewer
Get a staff-engineer-level review of any diff or file, ranked by severity.
Socratic Study Partner
A tutor that asks instead of tells, so the understanding is actually yours.
Cold Email That Gets Replies
Write a 90-word cold email built around the prospect's problem, not your product.
Meeting Notes → Decisions & Actions
Turn a raw transcript into decisions, action items with owners, and open questions.
One-Page PRD Writer
Turn a rough feature idea into a crisp one-page PRD with open questions.
Root-Cause Debugger
Stop guessing at fixes — isolate the actual cause of a bug step by step.
Plain-English → SQL Query Builder
Describe what you want in English, get correct SQL for your actual schema.
Idea Stress-Tester (Red Team)
Attack your idea from five angles before the market does it for you.
SEO Content Brief Generator
Build a search-intent-first content brief any writer can execute.
Landing Page Copy, Section by Section
Write conversion-focused landing page copy from a positioning statement.
Incremental Refactoring Planner
Plan a refactor as safe, shippable steps — each one leaving the code working.
Support Reply Writer
Empathetic, accurate support replies in your brand voice — with escalation judgment.
User Research Synthesizer
Turn raw interview notes into themes, quotes, and design implications.
Research Paper Deep Reader
Extract claims, methods, and limitations from any paper — with skepticism built in.
Content Repurposer (1 → 5 Platforms)
Turn one piece of content into native posts for X, LinkedIn, and more.
Data → Executive Narrative
Turn analysis results into the story executives need: so-what, why, and what next.
Investor Update Writer
A monthly investor update that's honest, scannable, and takes 10 minutes.
README Generator
Generate a README that answers what, why, and how-to-run in 60 seconds.
Bias-Checked Job Description Writer
Write a JD that attracts qualified candidates and passes a bias review.
Design Critique Partner
A structured critique of any UI — hierarchy, flows, accessibility, and copy.
Changelog & Release Notes Writer
Turn merged PRs into release notes users actually read.
Skills
Test-First Bugfix
Force your agent to reproduce every bug with a failing test before fixing it.
Conventional Commit Writer
A SKILL.md that makes your agent write clean conventional commits, every time.
Pre-Commit Security Check
A last-line security sweep your agent runs before every commit.
Codebase Onboarding Guide
Explains any unfamiliar codebase top-down: entry points, data flow, and the weird parts.
PR Description Writer
Reviewable pull request descriptions generated from the actual diff.
Brand Voice Writer
Teach your agent your brand voice once — get consistent copy forever.
SEO Page Builder
Every page your agent ships comes out technically SEO-complete.
Honest Data Analysis
Make your agent's analyses reproducible, caveated, and free of silent assumptions.
Safe Dependency Upgrader
Upgrade dependencies with changelogs read, breakages found, and rollbacks ready.
REST API Design Reviewer
Consistent, predictable REST endpoints — enforced at design time.
Docs That Stay True
Documentation generated from code reality, not from vibes.
Meeting Prep Researcher
Walk into every external meeting with a one-page brief built from your notes.
CLAUDE.md Templates
CLAUDE.md for Next.js Apps
A battle-tested CLAUDE.md template for Next.js App Router projects.
CLAUDE.md for Python APIs
FastAPI/Django-ready CLAUDE.md with typing, testing, and migration guardrails.
CLAUDE.md for MVPs & Prototypes
Speed-first agent rules for pre-product-market-fit code.
CLAUDE.md for Monorepos
Keep agents oriented across packages with scoped commands and ownership rules.
CLAUDE.md for Data Science Repos
Reproducibility rules for notebooks, pipelines, and experiments.
CLAUDE.md for Open Source Maintainers
Contributor-safe agent rules: compatibility, review standards, and community tone.