1, 2, 3 Claude · Cheat Sheet

Everything from the workshop, on one page.

The three ways to work with Claude, how to write a prompt that actually works, and recipes you can copy straight into a chat.

All the tools, now in your hands.

The three ways to work

Same Claude, more reach at each step. The unlock is always context.

Chat

Rent a cubicle

Claude.ai in your browser or phone. Best for everyday thinking: writing, analysis, research, and building a specialist in a Project.

Cowork

Bring it to your folder

Works directly inside a folder on your computer. Best for turning a pile of files into something useful, like a live dashboard.

Code

Keys to the machine

Your whole machine and the internet. Best for big builds Claude can research, refine through its own loops, and ship live.

The 11 Master Prompt questions

Answer them out loud with a voice-to-text tool, then ask Claude to turn your answers into a Master Prompt.

Your name and what you do
Years in your field, and where you have worked
The two or three projects that define you
What you are working on right now
The biggest problem you are solving today
Your strongest belief about your work
The tone you want from Claude, and the one you do not
The role Claude should play: assistant, partner, or coach
The habits that work against you, and what to flag
Who you work with and for
The language you work in

Prompt by voice

Talking is faster than typing, and it gets you longer, more natural prompts.

Wispr Flow is the voice-to-text app we use. It turns your voice into text in any field on your computer or phone, so you can answer the 11 questions, brief Claude, and write long prompts just by talking.

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Anatomy of a good prompt

A good prompt gives Claude everything a sharp contractor would need.

Context

Who it is for and the situation. Point Claude at the data or folder.

The problem

Why it matters, and what is hard about it today.

The ask

What to do, step by step. Let it research and use sub-agents.

The bar

What a great result looks like: format, quality, constraints.

Room to think

Trust its judgment. Ask it to check its own work before showing you.

Copy-paste prompt recipes

Starting points. Swap in your own details and let Claude do the rest.

Build your Master Prompt

Before you paste

Answer the 11 questions out loud (Wispr Flow makes this fast).
Paste your answers where the prompt says [paste your answers].
Send it to Claude, then save the result into your profile.

I want to build a Master Prompt: a standing description of me that you read at the start of every conversation, so I never have to explain myself from scratch again.

Here are my answers to eleven questions about who I am and how I work:
[paste your answers]

Turn them into a clear, comprehensive Master Prompt, written as if you are addressing yourself ("You are working with..."). Cover:
- who I am and my professional background
- the projects and priorities I am focused on right now
- how I think and the way I like to work
- the values and standards I care about
- exactly how I want you to respond: tone, level of detail, format, and what to avoid

Keep my real voice and details, and do not invent anything. Make it tight enough to paste into my profile, but rich enough that you genuinely understand me. End with one line reminding yourself to ask me for missing context instead of guessing.

How to make it great: the more honest and specific your eleven answers are, the better this becomes. Add anything you would tell a new colleague on day one: your pet peeves, the mistakes you want flagged, the tools you live in, and how you like decisions framed. Revisit it every few months, or whenever something big changes in your work or life.

Build a specialist (with Deep Research)

Before you paste

Get clear on the problem you want to solve.
Decide what kind of expert you would hire for it.
Turn Deep Research on and ask Claude to research that ideal expert: their frameworks, their process, and what world-class work looks like.
When the research finishes, paste the prompt below in the same chat.

You just ran Deep Research on the ideal [role, e.g. brand analyst]. Using everything you found, write me a System Prompt for this specialist that I can paste into a new Project.

Define clearly:
- who this specialist is and the depth of expertise they bring
- the frameworks and methods they use, and when to reach for each
- their step-by-step process for producing a great deliverable
- what an excellent result actually looks like
- how they communicate, and how that changes depending on who they are writing for
- the guardrails: what they must always do, and what they must never do
- the exact format the output should take

Write it in the second person ("You are a..."), make it specific and opinionated rather than generic, and keep it ready to paste straight into a Project.

Turn messy files into a dashboard (Cowork)

Before you paste

Open Cowork and point it at the folder with your files.
Let it read everything in the folder.
Paste the prompt below.

You now have access to a folder with all of my business data, spread across many separate spreadsheets and files.

First, read every file and build a complete understanding of my business: what the numbers say, how they connect, and where the problems and opportunities are.

Then go online and research how the best dashboards for a business like mine are designed, and the current best practices for dashboard UX.

Using both, design and build a single, self-contained, interactive HTML dashboard that lets me see the state of the whole business at a glance and actually make decisions: the headline metrics up top, the things that need my attention next, and the supporting detail underneath. Make it genuinely useful, visually beautiful, easy to read, and easy to share as one file. Follow strong UX and front-end practices, and briefly explain the choices you made and why.

Turn data into a live website (Code)

Before you paste

Open Claude Code in the folder with your data.
Let it read the files and use the web.
Paste the prompt below.

On my computer is a folder with my product and sales data. I want you to build a real, commercial website for this business and put it live.

Start by reading the data and working out which products I actually sell. Spin up a sub-agent to search the web and find high-quality photos of each of those products.

Then design the site: use your front-end design skill, study great comparable brand and e-commerce sites, and build something genuinely beautiful that tells the story, shows the products well, and links back to my existing listings.

Do not show me the first draft. First, critique your own design honestly and fix what is weak. Then spin up a separate graphic-design agent to review it against design best practices and propose changes, and apply the good ones. Then open the finished site with Playwright and check it page by page to confirm everything looks right and works.

Once it holds up, deploy it live to the internet (use Vercel with my Cloudflare account), and walk me through the one manual step of pointing my domain at it.