Most of the time lost with an AI coding tool goes on re-explaining the same context: the conventions, the directory layout, the reasons behind past decisions.
These are the commands and setup that stop Claude from relearning your codebase every session. The full article runs through 25 habits — plan mode before editing, clearing between unrelated tasks, file references with @, rolling back with rewind, delegating to subagents, maintaining CLAUDE.md, splitting instructions into .claude/rules/, turning procedures into skills, worktrees, permissions, and model switching.
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