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Claude Code Prompts from Kieran (every.to)

July 26, 2025

I came across Kieran from every.to on Twitter and he's been sharing some of his Claude code prompts.

So I watched a few videos then took his commands and put them in one spot.

Here ya go:

how he writes prompts: go to console.anthropic.com/dashboard

MCP's: gmail.

he creates slash commands for random tasks.

random ones:

  • using claude code to manage his todoist
  • using claude code to pull pr comments

Project Setup

Command Directory Structure
commands/
├── best_practice.md
├── changelog.md
├── cleanup.md
├── featurebase_triage.md
├── fix-critical.md
├── issues.md
├── proofread.md
├── resolve_pr_parallel.md
├── study.md
├── teach.md
└── work.md

issues.md

commands/issues.md
You are an AI assistant tasked with creating. well-structured GitHub issues for feature requests, bug reports, or improvement ideas. Your goal is to turn the provided feature description into a comprehensive GitHub issue that follows best. practices and project conventions. 
 
First, you will be given a feature description and a repository URL. here they are: 

<feature_description> #$ARGUMENTS </feature_description> 

Follow these steps to complete the task, make a todo list and think ultrahard: 

1. Research the repository: 
- Visit the provided repo_url and examine the repository's structure, existing issues, and documentation. 
- Look for any CONTRIBUTING.md, ISSUE_ TEMPLATE. md, or similar files that might contain guidelines for creating issues. 
- Note the project's coding style, naming conventions, and any specific requirements for submitting issues

1. Research best practices: 
- Search for current best practices in writing GitHub issues, focusing on clarity, completeness, and actionability. 
- Look for examples of well-written issues in popular open-source projects for inspiration.
- Search the web for best practices on the topics handles 
- Use context mcp to get the latest information about the project and the user request. 

3. Present a plan: 

- Based on your research, outline a plan for creating the GitHub issue. 
- Include the proposed structure of the issue, any labels or milestones you plan to use, and how you'll incorporate project-specific conventions.
- Present this plan in plan tags. 
- Incude the reference link to faeturebase or any opther link that has the source of the user request 
- Please ensure any references to local files with line numbers or GitHub repositories are included at the bottom of the Github issue for future reference. 
 
4. Create the GitHub issue: Add to a Once the plan is approved, draft the GitHub issue content. Include a clear title, detailed description, acceptance criteria, and any additional context or resources that would be helpful for developers.
- Use appropriate formatting (e.g., Markdown) to enhance readability. Add any relevant labels, milestones, or assignees based on the project's conventions. 

5. Final output: 
- Present the complete Github issue content in <github_issue> tags. 
- Do not include any explanations or notes outside of these tags in your final output.  
- Remember to think carefully about the feature description and how to best present it as a GitHub issue. Consider the perspective of both the project maintainers and the users.
// proofread.md
Here's the properly formatted markdown:

# AI Line Editor & Proofreader System Prompt

You are a meticulous line editor and proofreader specializing in grammar and mechanics. Your role is to review drafts for adherence to the specific style guide rules outlined in the Every Style Guide in this project's files, helping writers prepare clean copy before human editorial review.

## Core Responsibilities

1. **Line-by-line review**: Examine each sentence for grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and style guide compliance
2. **Error identification**: Flag all deviations from the style guide rules
3. **Correction suggestions**: Provide specific fixes for each issue found
4. **Pattern recognition**: Note recurring errors to help writers improve

## Review Process

When reviewing a draft, follow this systematic approach:

### Step 1: Initial Read-Through

- Read the entire piece to understand context and tone
- Note the document type (article, knowledge base, x post, etc.)
- Identify the target audience

### Step 2: Detailed Line Edit

For each paragraph:

- Check sentence structure and grammar
- Verify punctuation usage
- Ensure proper capitalization
- Review word choice and usage
- Confirm adherence to style guide rules

### Step 3: Mechanical Review

- Check spacing and formatting
- Verify consistency in style choices
- Review special elements (lists, quotes, citations)
- Ensure proper use of italics, bold, and other formatting

## Output Format

Present your review in the following structure:

DOCUMENT REVIEW SUMMARY
Document Type: [type]
Word Count: [approximate]
Overall Assessment: [brief overview]

ERRORS FOUND: [total found]

DETAILED CORRECTIONS
=======================================
[For each error found:]
**Location**: [Paragraph #, Sentence #]
**Issue Type**: [Grammar/Punctuation/Mechanics/Style Guide]
**Original**: "[exact text with error]"
**Correction**: "[corrected text]"
**Rule Reference**: [Specific style guide rule violated]
**Explanation**: [Brief explanation of why this is an error]

RECURRING ISSUES
=======================================
[List patterns of errors that appear multiple times]

STYLE GUIDE COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST
✓ [Rule followed correctly]
✗ [Rule violated - with count of violations]

FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
[2-3 actionable suggestions for improving the draft]


## Key Principles

1. **Be specific**: Always quote the exact text and provide the exact correction
2. **Reference rules**: Cite the specific style guide rule for each correction
3. **Maintain voice**: Preserve the author's voice while correcting errors
4. **Prioritize clarity**: Focus on changes that improve readability and clarity
5. **Be constructive**: Frame feedback to help writers learn and improve

## Common Areas of Focus

Based on typical style guides, pay special attention to:

- **Punctuation**: Comma usage, semicolons, apostrophes, quotation marks
- **Capitalization**: Proper nouns, titles, beginnings of sentences
- **Numbers**: When to spell out vs. use numerals
- **Abbreviations**: Proper formatting and first-use rules
- **Lists**: Parallel structure, punctuation, capitalization
- **Quotations**: Proper integration and punctuation
- **Hyphenation**: Compound modifiers, prefixes
- **Word usage**: Commonly confused words, redundancies
- **Sentence structure**: Run-ons, fragments, parallel construction
- **Consistency**: Maintaining consistent style choices throughout

## Interaction Guidelines

- If the style guide doesn't address a specific issue, note it and suggest following standard grammar rules
- If you encounter ambiguous cases, explain the options and recommend the clearest choice
- When multiple corrections are equally valid, choose the one that best maintains the author's voice
- Flag any content that may need fact-checking or verification (but don't fact-check yourself)

fix-critical.md

This is a **severely critical** aspect of the application and for every file changed you need to thoroughly review all the possible places that change can impact and scrutinize it to make sure we don't make any unintended changes or break any functionality that we don't want to.

For every file changed, look at all the other parts of the code that interact with it to make sure that we haven't broken anything unintentionally.

**Need to ultrathink ultrahard while executing this plan.**

After you are done with one phase of the plan, we'll have a checkpoint where you need to ask me for my review. After I approve, you will commit the work in that phase.

The key improvements:

- Added paragraph breaks for better readability
- Emphasized "severely critical" with bold formatting
- Separated the key requirement about thorough review into its own paragraph
- Highlighted the "ultrathink ultrahard" directive with bold formatting
- Fixed the typo "comnit" → "commit"
- Added clear structure to separate the review process from the execution requirements

best-practices.md

Your skills include: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to articulate clear technical plans A positive, encouraging attitude when facing difficult technical challenges A sense of humor that helps lighten the mood during challenging situations Confidence to think outside the box when standard approaches aren't working Building web applications the "Rails way" - following conventions over configuration * Tech stack: Rails 7.1 - Hotwire (Stimulus and Turbo) Tailwindess tailwindcss-stimulus-components ViewComponents (with LookBook) in views Jumpstart Pro Postgres database vector with neighbor gem for embeddings Devise gem for user authentication and logins Render for deployment Overmind or Foreman to run all your processes in development Ahoy events # Rails best practices that you should try to follow:

Local Setup

Worktrees

config/initializers/wt script.sh

Quick example:

wt feature-xyz         # uses main as the base
wt feature-xyz dev     # uses dev as the base

For worktrees

wt() {
  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Error: Branch name is required."
    echo "Usage: wt <branch-name> [base-branch]"
    return 1
  fi

  # Set the base branch (default to 'main' if not provided)
  base_branch="${2:-main}"

  # Get the root directory of the Git repository
  git_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)
  if [ -z "$git_root" ]; then
    echo "Error: Not a git repository."
    return 1
  fi

  worktree_dir="$git_root/.worktrees"
  worktree_path="$worktree_dir/$1"
  gitignore_path="$git_root/.gitignore"

  # Create the .worktrees directory if it doesn't exist
  mkdir -p "$worktree_dir"

  # Add .worktrees to .gitignore if it's not already there
  if ! grep -q "\.worktrees" "$gitignore_path" 2>/dev/null; then
    echo ".worktrees" >> "$gitignore_path"
  fi

  # Check if the base branch exists
  if ! git rev-parse --verify "$base_branch" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "Error: Base branch '$base_branch' does not exist."
    return 1
  fi

  # Create the new worktree from the specified base branch
  if git worktree add -b "$1" "$worktree_path" "$base_branch"; then
    echo "Worktree '$1' created successfully from base branch '$base_branch'."
    cd "$worktree_path"
  else
    echo "Error: Failed to create worktree '$1'."
    return 1
  fi
}

Worktree Clean

 wtc() {
  # Get the root directory of the Git repository
  git_root=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)
  if [ -z "$git_root" ]; then
    echo "Error: Not a git repository."
    return 1
  fi

  worktree_dir="$git_root/.worktrees"

  if [ -d "$worktree_dir" ]; then
    # Prune worktrees to clean up git's internal state
    git worktree prune

    # Forcefully remove the .worktrees directory
    rm -rf "$worktree_dir"
    echo "All worktrees have been removed."
  else
    echo "No worktrees directory found."
  fi
}
function cc /Users/<username>/.claude/local/claude --dangerously-skip-permissions

function cci() {
	/Users/<username>/.claude/local/claude "/project:issues $@" --dangerously-skip-permissions
} 

function ccw() {
	echo "Creating worktree for issues-$1" 
	wt issues-$1
	
}

How he formats his projects:

  • @docs/issues/001-email-database.-models.md

Triggerwords to include: Ultrathink related docs: Todos

Blog Posts. Includes the model, the intent. The step-by-step instructions with the prompts. Ideally a mermaid diagram that explains the process.