Claude Command Codes, Vol. 2

These are the commands you reach for once the basics are muscle memory. Paste them directly into Claude, swap in your context, and move faster. Each one is a repeatable shortcut — not a one-off prompt, but a pattern you can reuse across clients, projects, and campaigns.

Rewriting & Editing

/cut-by-half — Paste any block of text. Claude trims it to half the length without losing the core point.
/make-it-direct — Rewrites passive, hedging, or bloated copy into declarative sentences.
/match-my-voice — Paste three samples of your writing before the content you want rewritten. Claude mirrors your sentence rhythm and word choices.
/add-transitions — Inserts logical connective tissue between paragraphs so the piece reads as one argument, not a list.
/kill-adverbs — Strips all adverbs and replaces weak verb-adverb pairs with single strong verbs.
/rewrite-for-skimmers — Restructures long copy with bold lead sentences and short supporting lines so scanners get the point without reading everything.
/sharpen-cta — Paste your call-to-action. Claude rewrites it as a single, specific instruction with a clear next step.
/formalize — Lifts casual or colloquial copy to a professional register without removing personality.
/casualize — Moves stiff, corporate copy toward a conversational, human tone.
/simplify-to-8th-grade — Rewrites technical or jargon-heavy copy so a general audience gets it immediately.
/oxford-cleanup — Standardizes punctuation, Oxford commas, and formatting across a full document.
/punch-up-opening — Rewrites the first two sentences of any piece to create immediate tension or curiosity.

Research & Synthesis

/steel-man — Paste an argument you're making. Claude builds the strongest possible counter-argument so you can stress-test your position.
/extract-claims — Pulls every factual or statistical claim from a piece and lists them as bullet points for fact-checking.
/summarize-for-exec — Condenses any document into a five-bullet brief written for a decision-maker with no context.
/find-assumptions — Identifies every unstated assumption inside a business plan, strategy doc, or argument.
/compress-thread — Paste a long email chain or Slack thread. Claude outputs who decided what and what still needs resolution.
/source-map — Paste a research summary. Claude flags which claims need citations and which are logical inferences.
/compare-frameworks — Describe two methodologies or approaches. Claude builds a side-by-side comparison table with tradeoffs.
/gap-analysis — Paste your current content or service map. Claude identifies what's missing relative to a stated goal.
/trend-scan — Describe your niche. Claude surfaces the most significant structural shifts affecting it right now (based on training data — verify currency independently).
/distill-book — Paste a chapter or long excerpt. Claude extracts the three most actionable insights with one implementation note each.
/build-glossary — Paste any technical or jargon-heavy document. Claude outputs a plain-language glossary of every domain-specific term.

Strategy & Planning

/90-day-plan — Describe a goal. Claude builds a phased 90-day action plan with weekly milestones and leading indicators.
/pre-mortem — Describe a project before you launch it. Claude writes the failure story — what went wrong and why — so you can address it now.
/priority-stack — Paste a list of tasks or projects. Claude ranks them by leverage and flags what to cut entirely.
/decision-tree — Describe a recurring decision you or your team makes. Claude maps it as a branching yes/no decision tree.
/bottleneck-audit — Describe your current workflow or process. Claude identifies the single constraint most likely choking throughput.
/launch-checklist — Describe a product or campaign launch. Claude outputs a pre-launch, launch-day, and post-launch checklist.
/scope-creep-guard — Paste a client brief or project spec. Claude flags every phrase that could be interpreted as unlimited scope.
/kpi-builder — Describe a business goal. Claude outputs five measurable KPIs with the data source and reporting cadence for each.
/anti-goals — Describe what you want to build. Claude defines what you are explicitly not doing, so your team has a boundary to hold.
/delegation-map — Describe your current role. Claude identifies what only you should own versus what should be systematized or handed off.
/milestone-reverse — Paste a deadline and end goal. Claude works backward to build the milestone map.
/risk-register — Describe a project or investment. Claude produces a risk register with likelihood, impact, and mitigation per risk.

Marketing & Copy

/headline-variations — Paste one headline. Claude writes ten variations across curiosity, proof, pain, and speed angles.
/objection-map — Describe your offer. Claude lists every likely objection a prospect has and drafts a one-sentence reframe for each.
/email-sequence — Describe your lead magnet and core offer. Claude outlines a five-email nurture sequence with the job of each email and a suggested subject line.
/ad-angles — Describe your product and audience. Claude generates eight distinct advertising angles, each targeting a different emotional driver.
/social-proof-framework — Describe a client result. Claude structures it into a before/method/after testimonial that converts skeptics.
/landing-page-skeleton — Describe an offer. Claude outputs a section-by-section landing page structure with the persuasion job of each section.
/subject-line-test — Paste three email subject lines. Claude ranks them by likely open rate and explains why.
/icp-profile — Describe your market. Claude builds a one-page ideal customer profile with demographics, psychographics, trigger events, and watering holes.
/hook-battery — Describe a content topic. Claude writes six opening hooks in different formats: question, bold claim, counterintuitive statement, stat frame, story open, and direct address.
/authority-stack — Describe your background and results. Claude organizes your credibility signals into a ranked authority narrative.
/reframe-price — Describe your offer price and what it delivers. Claude writes three ways to contextualize that price so it reads as a bargain, not a cost.

Systems & SOPs

/sop-from-description — Describe a process you do from memory. Claude writes a numbered SOP your team can follow without asking you questions.
/sop-from-transcript — Paste a Loom transcript or meeting summary. Claude extracts the process steps and formats them as a reusable SOP.
/qa-checklist — Describe a deliverable or service output. Claude builds a quality-assurance checklist with pass/fail criteria.
/onboarding-flow — Describe a new client or employee context. Claude maps a structured onboarding sequence with tasks, timing, and owners.
/automate-map — Describe a manual workflow. Claude identifies which steps can be automated, what tool would handle each, and what still needs a human.
/handoff-template — Describe a role or project being transitioned. Claude builds a handoff document template with required sections.
/meeting-to-action — Paste raw meeting notes. Claude extracts decisions made, actions assigned, and open questions — formatted for a follow-up email.
/role-scorecard — Describe a role you're hiring for. Claude builds a scorecard with competencies, behavioral indicators, and weighted scoring.
/failure-mode-list — Describe a system or process. Claude identifies every likely failure mode and who would catch each one.
/template-library-brief — Describe your business model. Claude recommends the ten core templates your operation needs to stop rebuilding from scratch.

Client & Sales Work

/proposal-skeleton — Describe a client engagement. Claude outputs a structured proposal with scope, deliverables, timeline, investment, and terms sections.
/follow-up-email — Paste context from a sales call. Claude writes a follow-up email that recaps value, addresses the main concern raised, and states a clear next step.
/discovery-questions — Describe your service. Claude generates fifteen discovery questions that surface budget, urgency, authority, and pain without sounding scripted.
/case-study-frame — Describe a client result. Claude builds a case study structure with the situation, problem, approach, outcome, and quote pull.
/scope-of-work — Describe a project in plain language. Claude writes a clean scope-of-work document with deliverables, exclusions, and assumptions.
/pricing-tiers — Describe your core service. Claude builds a three-tier pricing structure (entry, core, premium) with what's included in each.
/upsell-logic — Describe your current offer. Claude identifies the two or three most natural upsell paths and how to introduce each without it feeling like a hard sell.
/red-flag-detector — Paste a client email or brief. Claude flags signals that suggest misaligned expectations, scope ambiguity, or a difficult engagement ahead.
/client-update-email — Paste project status notes. Claude writes a professional client update email that leads with progress, acknowledges delays honestly, and states what's next.
/contract-plain-english — Paste a contract clause or section. Claude explains exactly what it means, what it protects, and what risk it transfers.

AI Workflow Design

/chain-of-thought — Prefix any complex reasoning request with this to force Claude to show its logic step by step before giving a final answer.
/persona-lock — Define a role, communication style, and constraints at the top of a conversation. Claude stays in that frame for the entire session.
/few-shot-setup — Paste two or three examples of the output format you want before making your actual request. Claude will pattern-match precisely.
/output-schema — Describe the exact JSON, table, or document format you need. Claude produces structured output you can plug directly into another tool.
/critique-mode — Ask Claude to evaluate any piece of work by naming three specific strengths and three specific improvements, with no softening.
/role-play-objector — Claude plays a skeptical prospect, investor, or reviewer and challenges everything you present. Useful for stress-testing pitches.
/multi-angle — Prefix a question with this to get three different perspectives or approaches instead of one default answer.
/constraint-box — State hard constraints (word count, reading level, excluded words, required elements) before your request. Claude honors all of them.
/iteration-loop — After any output, use this to tell Claude exactly what to keep, what to cut, and what to add. Tighter than general feedback.
/format-as — Tell Claude to output the same content in three different formats (email, bullet list, one-paragraph summary) so you can pick the right one for each channel.
/check-my-logic — Paste an argument, plan, or analysis. Claude finds logical gaps, unsupported leaps, and contradictions without rewriting the whole thing.

Productivity & Personal Output

/weekly-review — Describe what you worked on, what shipped, and what stalled. Claude outputs a structured weekly review with patterns and a priority recommendation for next week.
/brain-dump-sort — Paste any unstructured brain dump. Claude organizes it by theme, flags items that need a decision, and separates tasks from ideas.
/email-to-task — Paste an email. Claude extracts every implied action item, assigns an urgency level, and drafts a reply confirming next steps.
/reading-notes — Paste a long article or excerpt. Claude produces structured reading notes: main argument, key points, what you'd push back on, and one thing to act on.
/talk-track — Describe a conversation you need to have (difficult feedback, negotiation, pitch). Claude writes a talk track with your opening, anticipated response, and your pivot.
/energy-audit — Describe your current weekly schedule. Claude identifies which activities are draining versus generating, and suggests one structural change.
/template-from-output — Paste a finished piece of work. Claude extracts the underlying template so you can reproduce the format without starting from scratch.
/deadline-math — Describe a project and an end date. Claude works backward and tells you exactly what needs to be true each week to hit the deadline.
/clear-my-thinking — Paste a jumbled or contradictory set of thoughts. Claude reflects back a coherent version and flags where you haven't decided yet.
/learn-faster — Describe a concept or skill you're trying to learn. Claude builds a focused study plan with the minimum viable path from confused to competent.

Example: Stacking Commands in One Session

The real leverage comes from chaining these. Here is an example workflow for building a client proposal in under 20 minutes:

Step 1 — Run /icp-profile to define exactly who this proposal is for.
Step 2 — Run /discovery-questions to surface what you still need to know before scoping.
Step 3 — After your call, run /meeting-to-action on your notes.
Step 4 — Run /proposal-skeleton with the scoped context.
Step 5 — Run /scope-creep-guard on the resulting draft.
Step 6 — Run /sharpen-cta on your investment and next-step section.

Save your most-used commands as text snippets in a tool like Raycast or TextExpander. A two-keystroke expansion is faster than retyping the same setup every session.