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Claude Code Best Practice

Boris Cherny's 15-tip operational workflow for Claude Code — skills as folders, context:fork, slash commands, and inner loop patterns.

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Overview

A distillation of the 15 most impactful Claude Code operational techniques, written by Boris Cherny and extended with community contributions. Covers the inner loop for daily development with Claude Code.

Features

  • Skills as Folders: Canonical pattern for structuring skills so Claude Code can discover and execute them.
  • context:fork Pattern: How to isolate subagent contexts so memory doesn’t pollute parent sessions.
  • Slash Command Recipes: Ready-to-copy command templates for iterative coding workflows.
  • Inner Loop Patterns: How to structure rapid edit → test → commit cycles with AI assistance.

Use Cases

  • Setting up Claude Code for the first time with proven defaults.
  • Building a personal set of slash commands and skills.
  • Understanding context isolation for multi-agent workflows.

Technical Advantages

  • Immediately actionable — each tip is a self-contained practice you can adopt in minutes.
  • Community-tested across dozens of real-world codebases.
  • Covers both individual developer and team-level Claude Code usage.