OCDevel Claude Code Podcast

You keep pasting the same procedure into chat. Package it once as a skill, a folder with a SKILL.md, and Claude loads it on demand when the task matches, deep when you need it and nearly free when you don't. We build one from scratch, wire live shell output straight into it, and fix the number one reason a good skill silently never fires. Episode page & show notes Try a walking desk - sta...

You've been using the slash commands Claude Code ships with. Now write your own, and wire the hooks that fire on their own. Bundle a repeatable workflow into a command you trigger with a slash, then back it with hooks that enforce the rules a command can only ask for: build a /commit command, auto-lint after every edit, block writes to your migrations folder, and force the tests to pass befor...

A tour of the commands that ship in the box, the four steering keys you will use every run, and the decision you make constantly: clear versus compact, plus how to spot when compaction silently drops the context you were relying on. Episode page & show notes Try a walking desk - stay healthy & sharp while you learn & code Episode three of the OCDevel Claude Code arc, and the first one...

You can't automate a tool you don't trust. This episode is the control surface: where settings live and which file wins, how to write tight allow/ask/deny permission rules (the real fence, not CLAUDE.md), the permission modes and the Shift+Tab plan-to-act toggle, and the slash commands a power user reaches for first, including the /rewind safety net. Plus the one pitfall everyone hits: t...

How the gather-act-verify loop actually works and how to steer it without starting over. What belongs in your CLAUDE.md project memory and what to keep out, generating a first draft with /init, and resuming yesterday's session instead of re-explaining everything. Plus the pitfall every beginner hits, context going stale, and the habits that fix it. Episode page & show notes Try a walking...