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05 · Founder & leadership

Your time is the scarcest resource in the company. These prompts compress decision prep, stakeholder comms, and strategy work. Voice-prompt from mobile when traveling — dictate context, let Claude structure it.

Use case: Decision memo under time pressure.

A design partner wants a scope change mid-build. You dictate the situation and type:

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Structure this as a decision memo: the ask, what it costs (timeline, invariants touched, opportunity cost), options (accept / defer / counter), and your recommendation with reasoning. One page.

The memo flags an invariant risk. You continue:

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Expand only the invariant risk: which CLAUDE.md invariant, what the scope change would require, and whether there’s a version of the ask that doesn’t touch it.

There is. You close:

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Draft the reply to the partner: we can do the safe version now, the full version needs a design review with Mr. Tech. Appreciative, direct, no hedging.

Use case: Mr. Tech briefing prep.

Prompt Claude chat

Prepare my briefing for Mr. Tech: open security questions from this sprint, any invariant we bent or waived, and the two decisions I need his read on. Under 200 words.

Use case: Investor / partner update.

Prompt Claude chat

Draft the monthly update: traction, product (in plain language — no internal jargon), what we learned from the field, one ask. Confident, no filler. 250 words.