Description
This playbook teaches Claude prompting step by step, with a simple method, tested prompts and an example answer for each one.
The method and the prompts that get Claude doing real work.
A playbook of the few moves that make any prompt better: five levers, eight named patterns, five reusable frameworks, a debugging method and a library of prompts to adapt.
Claude prompting: who it’s for
- You use Claude most days, and some answers are great while others miss in ways you cannot explain.
- You have rewritten the same prompt three times, then given up and done the job yourself.
- You have seen the ‘1,000 prompts’ packs and suspect they will not fit your work. You are right.
Claude prompting: what’s inside
- Start Here, self-check and clickable contents
- Why most prompt advice is wrong
- How prompting actually works
- The five levers, filled in for six everyday jobs
- The eight core patterns
- The eight patterns: weak line, strong line
- One prompt, four patterns stacked
- Frameworks you can reuse
- Which framework for which task
- Standing instructions you can adapt
- Debugging a bad answer
- Fillable companion planner (14 pages)
How to use the Claude prompting guide in 3 steps
- Open Start Here and tick the 2-minute self-check — it tells you where to begin.
- Pick one chapter, copy a prompt, fill the [brackets] and run it on a real task today.
- Print the cheat sheet and follow the 7-day plan; keep your work in the fillable planner.
Formats and devices
- Ebook PDF in A4 and US Letter (100 pages A4), clickable contents and bookmarks
- Companion planner PDF, fillable on screen or printable (14 pages)
- 1-page Start Here PDF
- Works on phone, tablet and computer; prints clean in colour or black and white
Part of The Complete No-Hype Guide to Claude
Written against Claude Opus 5.5, Sonnet 5.5 and Haiku 5.5.
This Claude prompting guide is part of The Complete No-Hype Guide to Claude. For account and feature questions, see the official Claude Help Center.
An independent, unofficial guide. Not affiliated with the companies whose tools it covers.
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