Claude-Specific Expertise
What We’re Tracking #
Learnings, tips, behavioural approaches, and usage patterns for Claude Code (the CLI tool), Claude API, CLAUDE.md authoring, agent workflows, hooks, skills, and the broader Claude development ecosystem. Focus on practical techniques and real-world usage over announcements.
Config: journals/topics/config/claude-expertise.yaml
How this journal works #
Gathered every 3 days: a web search on this topic (10 search terms, plus watched authors (simon willison, boris cherny, swyx)) skips links already in the journal and writes one dated entry of what’s new, with links to related topics. Preferred sources: docs.anthropic.com, code.claude.com, platform.claude.com, github.com/anthropics, news.ycombinator.com, simonwillison.net.
Entries
- Gather — 18 October 2026
- Gather — 14 October 2026
- Gather — 5 October 2026
- Gather — 30 September 2026
- Gather — 23 September 2026
- Gather — 16 September 2026
- Gather — 10 September 2026
- Gather — 3 September 2026
- Gather — 29 August 2026
- Gather — 21 August 2026
- Gather — 10 August 2026
- Gather — 4 August 2026
- Gather — 2 August 2026
- Gather — 29 July 2026
- Gather — 27 July 2026
- Gather — 23 July 2026
- Gather — 18 July 2026
- Gather — 9 July 2026
- Gather — 3 July 2026
- Gather — 26 June 2026
- Gather — 19 June 2026
- Update — 11 June 2026
- Gather — 11 June 2026
- Gather — 4 June 2026
- Gather — 2 June 2026
- Gather — 30 May 2026
- Gather — 27 May 2026
- Gather — 22 May 2026
- Gather — 19 May 2026
- Gather — 18 May 2026
- Gather — 14 May 2026
- Gather — 9 May 2026
- Gather — 6 May 2026
- Gather — 2 May 2026
- Gather — 25 April 2026
- Gather — 10 April 2026
- Gather — 5 April 2026
- Initial gather — 29 March 2026
Strategy Changelog #
| Date | Change | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-29 | Initial strategy created | First journal run |
| 2026-03-29 | Added keywords: limitations, security, debugging failures | Gemini review: no cautionary/failure-mode content — optimism-skewed |
| 2026-03-29 | Added cross-link: agent frameworks → vibe-coding-applications | Gemini review: missing link between tooling and enterprise adoption |
| 2026-04-25 | Added keywords: claude managed agents, headless/scheduled agent | Anthropic shifts to platform provider; unattended execution patterns now standard |
| 2026-04-25 | Added preferred source: platform.claude.com | Anthropic’s release notes now cover model + platform changes weekly |