How the creator works — 6 strategies

Area: Workflow · Level: Intermediate

Six concrete strategies taken from how the creator works with Claude Code day to day. This is not theory: they are specific moves — commands, habits, and moments to intervene — you can copy into your very next session.

What you'll learn

• When to use /clear to start with a clean context, and why it matters so much
• When /compact is the better choice: summarize the session and keep going without losing the thread
• Why planning before executing changes the quality of what the agent produces
• How TDD fits into an agent-driven workflow
• The value of small commits when an AI is writing the code
• Using Esc to interrupt in time, instead of letting the agent drift

For whom

For anyone already using Claude Code regularly who wants to move from "it works for me" to a deliberate, repeatable workflow. If you're not yet comfortable with the basic commands, start with the fundamentals lessons and come back here after.

After this video

Pair it with the written lesson Essential prompt library: ready-to-copy prompts that put these six strategies into practice, so you never have to write them from scratch mid-session.