Claude-Code

How Claude loads specialised instructions on demand — and how you can write your own to transform workflows forever. Every time you open Claude and ask it to create a Word document, build a data analysis pipeline, or write presentation slides — something invisible happens first. Claude scans a directory of skills, finds the most relevant one, reads it, and only then starts working. This system is called Claude Skills. It is one of the most underappreciated features in the entire Claude ecosystem. And once you understand how it works, you will see why it changes everything about how you build AI-powered workflows. ...

The Agentic Loop (How Claude Actually Thinks) Before anything else, you need to understand what makes Claude Code different from your IDE’s autocomplete. Autocomplete guesses the next word. Claude Code runs a loop — it gathers context, takes action, verifies results, then repeats until the task is done. Think of it less like a text editor feature and more like a developer who works asynchronously while you make coffee. ...