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Claude cheat sheet.

Everything from the primer on one page. Tape it above your desk.

The only URL for Claude is

claude.ai

Built by Anthropic (company site: claude.com). Any other domain, claude-ai.com, claudeai.app, getclaude.co, claude-pro.io, is not Claude. App stores: verify the publisher is Anthropic before installing.

Three things to have done first

01
Have one real conversation. Go to claude.ai and send anything. One message, one response. Done.
02
Copy one prompt you'll reuse. From the five below. Save it in Notes. It'll earn its keep inside a week.
03
Ask for one Artifact. A small tool. A coin-flip, a tip-splitter, a water tracker. Keep the link.

II.

Five prompts worth stealing

01The Sunday reset

Act as a calm, thoughtful planning partner. Ask me 6 questions, one at a time, about what's on my plate this week (work, family, house, money, body, mind, anything I'm avoiding). After I answer all 6, write me back a single page titled 'The real list', sorted by impact.

Sunday evenings · 10 min

02The email I've been putting off

Help me write an email I've been putting off. Situation: [who it's to, what I want, why it's awkward]. First ask one clarifying question. Then draft three versions, short & direct, warm & human, firm but kind, and tell me which you'd send.

Bosses, old friends, landlords

03The dumb question

Explain [topic, e.g. how HSA contributions actually work] like I'm a smart adult who never had it explained. No bullet points. One clear paragraph I could read out loud. Then one example with round numbers. Then what people most often get wrong about it.

Things you've googled 4 times

04Meeting → decision

I'll paste the notes from a conversation. Extract: (1) what was decided, (2) what's still open, (3) who owes whom an answer, (4) the one thing that if I don't do by Friday derails this. Under 150 words.

Before you forget what happened

05Build me a tool right now

Build me a small web tool I can use in my browser. It should [describe]. Make it beautiful, use warm colors, no login, save my data locally. Show it as an Artifact.

The magic trick. Try once.

III.

Your first 7 days

1
Open claude.ai. Just talk to it.
Ask one question you were about to google. Don't polish it.
2
Run the Sunday reset prompt.
10 minutes. You'll learn more about your week than any to-do app.
3
Give it something to read.
A long email, a PDF, a photo of a contract. Ask for the 4 things that matter.
4
Teach it your voice.
Paste 2-3 pieces of your writing. 'Write in this voice from now on.'
5
Ask for an Artifact.
A coin-flip. A tip-splitter. A meal planner. Build one, keep the link.
6
Try voice mode on a walk.
Disarmingly good. Talk through a decision. It remembers.
7
Start a Project.
One folder, one ongoing effort. Drop in the files. Every future chat already knows context.

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. ... Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Apple, Think Different, 1997