Claude tips and tricks · Starter · 3 minutes
Ask "what am I missing?" before you send
The job: Spot the problem in a proposal, policy or plan before someone else does
It's easy to miss what's not on the page. A second pair of eyes that reads it as a skeptical customer or a picky employee finds the holes fast.
The prompt to copy
Read this as [a skeptical customer / a new employee / my business partner]. What questions would they ask, what's unclear, and what's missing? List the top five, most important first.
What a good answer looks like
Questions you'd rather answer now than on a phone call next week.
The mistake to avoid
Asking "is this good?" Claude tends to say yes. Ask what's wrong.
Works the same in ChatGPT and Copilot.