One Claude Code Tip a Day: Audit Tool Connections With /mcp
Use /mcp as a Claude Code preflight: audit connected tools, name what the session can prove, and turn missing access into concrete verification checks.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Start in the Repo That Can Prove the Fix
Before you type claude, choose the repository that can prove the work: the code path, the focused tests, the logs, and the deploy command. The right cwd is a verification decision, not a convenience.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Apply Changes Deliberately with /apply
Treat /apply as a review gate, not a keyboard shortcut: inspect pending changes, ask Claude what would prove them, apply only the coherent slice, then verify with tests and a diff.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Snapshot the Starting Diff
Before Claude Code edits a dirty working tree, snapshot the starting diff, label what is already there, and make every later review separate your changes from the model’s patch.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Build a Hypothesis Table Before Editing
Before Claude Code patches a bug, make it list competing hypotheses, evidence, checks, and the smallest next action. The table keeps debugging honest when the first theory sounds too convenient.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Run a Post-Edit Traceback
After Claude Code edits, make it trace every meaningful change back to the failing behavior, the file evidence, and the verification result before you accept the patch.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Ask What Claude Did Not Read
Before trusting a Claude Code plan or patch, ask it to name the files, runtime paths, logs, and assumptions it did not inspect. The unread list turns confidence into reviewable scope.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Draft the Plan in /ultraplan Before the Patch
Use /ultraplan when the work is too large for a casual prompt: draft the plan separately, attack its assumptions, then bring back only a verified first slice.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Use /simplify After the Feature Works
After a feature works, run /simplify as a separate cleanup pass: preserve the proof, narrow the target, review the diff, and reject clever rewrites that change behavior.
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One Claude Code Tip a Day: Turn GitHub Issues Into Debuggable Tasks
Use Claude Code to decompose a vague GitHub issue into small, verifiable tasks before asking it to edit files.
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