What Claude is good at

Claude is useful when you need careful writing, research synthesis, structured thinking, code explanation, document drafting, and step-by-step planning.

Your first prompt

Start with context, task, constraints, and desired output.

I am preparing a one-page product brief.
Audience: engineering and design.
Task: turn these notes into a clear brief.
Constraints: keep it under 600 words.
Output: use headings and bullet points.

Treat Claude like a capable collaborator. Give it context before asking for output.

Practice

Open Claude and ask it to rewrite a rough note into a clean email. Then ask it to explain what it changed and why.