Pro Tip: Prompt AI to Maintain a Live Progress Dashboard During Long Sessions
majidmanzarpour · x · 2026-08-13
When running long coding sessions with AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT, users can significantly improve the experience by adding a specific instruction to the initial prompt: "maintain a simple live progress page showing the work evolving over time."
This leverages features like Claude's Artifacts or ChatGPT's Sites to automatically generate and maintain a live build log, allowing users to visually monitor the AI's progress and evolving state.
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