{"id":"2027991271252320693","url":"https://x.com/rubenhassid/status/2027991271252320693","text":"The Anatomy of a Claude 4.6 Prompt:\n\n1. Task\n\nDefine what you want & what success looks like:\n\"I want to [TASK] so that [SUCCESS CRITERIA].\"\nNo roles, \"act as a senior expert.\" That era is over.\n\n2. Context Files\n\nUpload context files with your expertise and rules:\n\"First, read these files completely before responding: [filename .md] - [what it contains].\"\nAI went from reading a sticky note to an entire book. \nStop explaining yourself in the prompt. Put it in files.\n\n3. Reference\n\nShow AI exactly what you want. Upload an example.\nThen give patterns, tone & structure as rules. No \"give me something like\" & hoping AI figures it out.\n\n4. Brief\n\nThis is the only part you actually type from scratch. Everything else is files. \"Type of output + length.\nDoes NOT sound like. Success means.\"\n\n5. Rules\n\nContext file holds your standards, taste & audience.\nPrompt: \"Read it fully before starting. If you're about to break one of my rules, stop and tell me.\"\n\n6. Conversation\n\nYou spent 3 years prompting AI. Now it prompts you\nPrompt: \"DO NOT start executing yet. Ask me clarifying questions (use 'AskUserQuestion' tool) so we can refine the approach together step by step.\" \n\n7. Plan\n\nClaude read your files before writing a single word.\nPrompt: \"Before you write anything, list the 3 rules from my context file that matter most for this task. Then give me your execution plan.\"\n\n8. Alignment\n\nNothing happens until you both see the same aim. This replaces the old prompting era.\nPrompt: \"Only begin work once we've aligned.\"\n\nCopy the full prompt template + download my personal md. files for Claude here: http://how-to-ai.guide.","author":{"name":"Ruben Hassid","username":"rubenhassid","avatarUrl":"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1995508550387245056/3YsPtVsZ_200x200.jpg"},"createdAt":"Sun Mar 01 06:16:11 +0000 2026","engagement":{"replies":68,"retweets":1082,"likes":8030,"views":530171},"media":{"photos":[{"url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HCTfTvUWQAARBYP.jpg?name=orig","width":1080,"height":1350}],"videos":[]},"externalLink":{"url":"http://how-to-ai.guide","displayUrl":"how-to-ai.guide","title":"How to AI | Ruben Hassid | Substack","description":"Stop collecting prompts. Finish something with AI this week. One step-by-step guide per email, with screenshots of my actual screen: where I clicked, what didn't work & what I loved. Click to read How to AI, by Ruben Hassid, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.","thumbnailUrl":"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kHNf!,f_auto,q_auto:best,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fruben.substack.com%2Ftwitter%2Fsubscribe-card.jpg%3Fv%3D-487431169%26version%3D9"}}