I keep it pretty simple and projectscoped. My setup is; One Claude chat per project (or per major feature) never reused A short “working contract” at the top

I keep it pretty simple and projectscoped. My setup is; One Claude chat per project (or per major feature) never reused A short “working contract” at the top: goals, constraints, what not to touch I paste small, relevant files only (no whole repos) I ask claude to explain why before proposing changes if it’s non-trivial For spec or exploratory projects, I use claude more like a thinking partner Outline the idea Identify failure modes early, generate a minimal first version I can throw away. The biggest improvement for me was treating chats as disposable scratchpads instead of long-running conversations.