How to Use Claude Code the Boris Way

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Anthropic published their official best practices for Claude Code, and Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, recently shared how he and his team use it every day. This video breaks down both into concrete tips you can apply right now. Link to guide: https://guides.gritai.studio/guides/boris-way.html (Bookmark 📚) ⏱️ Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 0:45 The Boris Way 1:27 Context is king (and how to manage it) 3:15 Always make a plan 4:52 Let Claude verify its work 6:11 Provide specific context 7:09 Prompting techniques 10:11 Skills 11:28 Ensuring skill invocation 12:51 Subagents 13:58 Let Claude interview you 14:44 Patterns to avoid 17:07 Managing sessions 17:56 Quick tips 20:17 Learn with Claude 20:56 Develop your intuition 21:29 TLDR What you will learn: ✔️ Why context is the one constraint that rules everything ✔️ The Explore, Plan, Implement, Commit workflow ✔️ How to give Claude verification criteria for better results ✔️ Prompting techniques that reduce corrections ✔️ CLAUDE.md best practices and what to leave out ✔️ Skills: portable knowledge you invoke on demand ✔️ How to ensure skills actually get invoked ✔️ Subagents for investigation without polluting your main context ✔️ The interview technique for complex features ✔️ Common failure patterns and how to avoid them ✔️ Session management and quick tips from Boris and the team ✔️ How to use Claude Code for learning 🔗 Links and Resources Anthropic Best Practices: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/best-practices Boris Cherny on X: https://x.com/bcherny Claude Code Documentation: https://code.claude.com/docs/en Skills Documentation: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills 🔔 Subscribe for weekly AI tutorials 📩 Join our newsletter → https://gritai.kit.com/ 🌐 Website → https://www.gritai.studio/ 👉 Join our AI community → https://go.gritai.studio/gritai-vibe-code-studio 📺 Related videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZGbKvM1bIM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7QJL2_gEXA&t https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1EGbrH5Xdk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VBmr6Rh56Y&t #ClaudeCode #BestPractices #AI #AItools #GritAI #Anthropic #BorisCherny