spences10/advanced-prompting
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High-leverage prompts that challenge Claude's defaults. Use for "grill me", "prove it works", "scrap this", "what would 10x engineer do", "find ways this fails".
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SKILL.md
- name:
- advanced-prompting
- description:
- High-leverage prompts that challenge Claude's defaults. Use for \"grill me\", \"prove it works\", \"scrap this\", \"what would 10x engineer do\", \"find ways this fails\".
Advanced Prompting Patterns
Quick Start
Use these when Claude's first response feels safe/generic:
- Challenge - "Grill me on these changes"
- Verify - "Prove to me this works"
- Reset - "Scrap this and implement the elegant solution"
Pattern Categories
Challenge Prompts
Force Claude to critique rather than accept:
- "Grill me on these changes" - Get pushback on your approach
- "What would a 10x engineer do differently" - Surface better patterns
- "Find 3 ways this could fail" - Adversarial review
Verification Prompts
Demand evidence over assertions:
- "Prove to me this works" - Request test output, diffs
- "Show me the before/after" - Force concrete comparison
- "Walk through this line by line" - Prevent hand-waving
Reset Prompts
Break out of local optima:
- "Scrap this and implement the elegant solution" - Fresh approach
- "You're overcomplicating this" - Simplification pressure
- "What's the 80/20 version" - Cut scope ruthlessly
When to Use
| Situation | Prompt Pattern | | ------------------------------ | -------------------- | | Code review feels shallow | Challenge prompts | | Implementation seems fragile | Verification prompts | | Solution feels hacky | Reset prompts | | Claude is agreeing too readily | "Push back on this" |
Anti-Patterns
- Don't use reset prompts mid-implementation (waste tokens)
- Challenge prompts need context (share the code first)
- Verification prompts pointless for trivial changes
References
- challenge-prompts.md - Critique and adversarial review
- verification-prompts.md - Evidence and proof patterns
- reset-prompts.md - Fresh starts and simplification
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