Skills

Free · the blueprint PDF + the skill

Think first.
Then hit enter.

The prompt I fill in before I build, and a Claude Code skill that thinks with you.

  • 4-page PDF
  • Claude Code skill
  • 1-minute install
> build the meal planner from @brief.md
◆ think-first · here's what i'll build:

  a 3am meal planner that shows a night nurse her next meal, its time, and what to grab, in under 5s.
  light weather-style cards, one black card, a big "ate it" button. no calories, streaks, emoji or accounts.

building…
⏺ Write(index.html)
⏺ Write(styles.css)
⏺ Write(app.js)
Clear prompt: no questions. 2 lines, then it builds.real output

Leave a line blank and the AI fills it with the average.

One download, two things

The thinking, on paper and in your terminal.

The blueprint

PDF · 4 pages
  1. 01

    The prompt

    The one I fill in before I build anything. Every bracket is a decision.

  2. 02

    Filled in, twice

    A meal planner from zero, and the weather app from the article.

  3. 03

    Why it works

    What each part does for the agent, from Anthropic's and OpenAI's prompting guides.

  4. 04

    Using it

    Claude Code habits, a prompt to paste while it works and one for when it says done, the 2-correction rule.

think-first

Claude Code skill

The blueprint, done with you as you prompt. It reads your project first, so it never asks what it could look up.

  • Clear promptNo questions. It tells you in 2 lines exactly what it will build, then builds it.
  • Vague promptUp to 3 short, specific questions first, with options. You answer in a second.
  • Small taskA fix, a rename, a question: it stays out of the way.

Two modes, off until you say so. during lists every decision it made that you didn’t. after checks the result against your finish line.

Page 1, right here

Hard to fill a bracket? That’s where to think.

1 prompt · 29 brackets · paste into Claude Code or Codex

you are [a role, e.g. a senior product designer and engineer who ships consumer apps].

what i want to achieve

i want to build [what] so that [the result for the person using it].

it's for [one specific person, in one specific moment].

how it should feel

it should transmit [emotion], [emotion] and [emotion].

the person using it should feel [X] when they open it, [Y] while they use it, and [Z] when they leave.

the vision

here's how it plays out: [they open it → what they see first → what they do → the moment it clicks].

Know what you want before you hit enter.

  1. 1Get it free
  2. 2Unzip it, type claude, then hi
  3. 3Fill the prompt before your next build

Free. It downloads now, and a copy comes by email. Needs Claude Code; the PDF opens anywhere.