Hot take: Most Claude Code 'prompt engineering' is just common sense
Pretend_Sell6592 · reddit · 2026-08-17
A redditor argues that most "advanced prompting" advice for Claude Code — be specific, give examples, break down tasks, mention edge cases — is just how you'd brief a competent junior dev, not a hidden art.
The real skill is knowing your codebase and articulating what you want clearly, which has nothing to do with Claude specifically. Much of the "advanced prompting" content merely repackages basic communication skills.
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