5 Claude Hacks

Most founders use AI like a search bar — open the tab, type a question, copy the answer, do it again tomorrow. That doesn't scale. These 5 hacks turn Claude into a second set of hands.

You're not behind on AI because you're lazy. You're behind because the whole business still runs through you. You're the bottleneck — every decision, every draft, every follow-up waits on one person.

That's the ceiling. Not your effort. You.

These 5 hacks turn Claude from a search bar into a second set of hands, so you can build twice as fast with the team you already have.

Stop asking "how do I write a follow-up email." Hand it the actual job, with your voice and your context.

You are my executive assistant. Here's how I sound: [paste 2–3 emails you've written]. Here's the situation: [who you owe, what it's about]. Write the 3 follow-ups I owe today, in my voice, ready to send.

You stop being the writer. You become the approver — and approving is 10x faster than doing.

Most people start from zero every chat. The unlock is making AI remember your business — your offer, your clients, your voice — so you explain it once and never again.

Here is everything about my business: [offer, who it's for, my voice, my goals, my non-negotiables]. Save this as context. From now on, use it in every answer without me repeating it.

In tools like Claude, save this in a Project or memory so it sticks. One setup. Used forever. That's how output compounds.

The repeat tasks eating your week are the first to go — not so you can rest, but so you can put that time into the work that actually grows the business.

Here are the tasks I do every week: [dump your list]. Sort them into: (1) only I can do, (2) AI can do with my approval, (3) AI can fully own. Then build me a simple prompt for everything in groups 2 and 3.

You keep the high-value 20%. AI runs the rest. That's leverage.

When the answer's off, "make it better" makes it guess. Tell it what's wrong instead — and you get usable work on the first try, not the fifth.

• "Cut this in half. Same meaning, fewer words."
• "Rewrite it how I'd say it to a friend."
• "This sounds like a robot — add my personality back."
• "Give me 3 versions: bold, warm, and simple."
• "What's missing that a smart reader would want?"

Clear direction beats a magic prompt every time. Speed comes from being specific.

One good setup beats a hundred random prompts. Turn your best prompt into a repeatable system you run without thinking — that's how you scale output, not just spend a good afternoon.

Take the prompt we just built and turn it into a reusable template. Add blanks for the parts that change each time. Give me simple instructions so I can run this in 30 seconds whenever I need it.

That's the difference between using AI and having it actually installed.

If you're typing the same kind of thing twice, it should be a system — not a task you do by hand. Every hack above takes one more thing off your plate and puts it into a machine that runs while you build the next thing.