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- spin up a second Claude to review your plan as a staff engineer, or use [cross-model](development-workflows/cross-model-workflow/cross-model-workflow.md) for review [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2017742745365057733)
- write detailed specs and reduce ambiguity before handing work off — the more specific you are, the better the output [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2017742752566632544)
■ **Workflows (12)**
- [CLAUDE.md](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory) should target under [200 lines](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#write-effective-instructions) per file. [60 lines in humanlayer](https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/writing-a-good-claude-md) ([still not 100% guaranteed](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qn9pb9/claudemd_says_must_use_agent_claude_ignores_it_80/)). [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2007179840848597422)
■ **Workflows (13)**
- [CLAUDE.md](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory) should target under [200 lines](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#write-effective-instructions) per file. [60 lines in humanlayer](https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/writing-a-good-claude-md) ([still not 100% guaranteed](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qn9pb9/claudemd_says_must_use_agent_claude_ignores_it_80/)). [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2007179840848597422) [![Dex](!/tags/dex.svg)](https://www.humanlayer.dev/blog/writing-a-good-claude-md)
- wrap domain-specific CLAUDE.md rules in [\<important if="..."\> tags](https://www.hlyr.dev/blog/stop-claude-from-ignoring-your-claude-md) to stop Claude from ignoring them as files grow longer [![Dex](!/tags/dex.svg)](https://www.hlyr.dev/blog/stop-claude-from-ignoring-your-claude-md)
- use [multiple CLAUDE.md](best-practice/claude-memory.md) for monorepos — ancestor + descendant loading
- use [.claude/rules/](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory#organize-rules-with-clauderules) to split large instructions
- use [commands](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/slash-commands) for your workflows instead of [sub-agents](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents) [![Boris](!/tags/boris-cherny.svg)](https://x.com/bcherny/status/2007179847949500714)