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Economics & tradeoffsThe First Question Isn't How to Prompt It — It's Whether This Should Go to an Agent at AllThe whole habit assumes you've already picked the agent. There's a step before that: pick the right tool, out of fourTools & setupCLAUDE.md is not documentation — it is the operating law of your agentMost people write CLAUDE.md like a README. But if you write it right, the agent stops asking questions it should not need to ask and stops doing things it should not be doing.Tools & setupStructure the agent can readAn agent reads your room before it reads your instructions. A tidy workspace speaks for you; a messy one makes it guess — and it guesses with confidence.Tools & setupSet it once, skip the explainingEvery time you re-explain the same context to an agent, you're paying a recurring fee for something you never set up once. Setup is the upfront payment that means you never pay again.Agent skillsA CLAUDE.md skeleton — turn a description into operating lawA minimal frame to paste into CLAUDE.md that tells the agent what to default to, when to stop and ask, and where the danger is.
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