The conversational development paradigm
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Scene 1 — Hook
Open with: 'The biggest mistake people make with Claude Code is using it like a search bar.' Show split-screen: someone typing a one-word query vs someone having a back-and-forth conversation.
Scene 2 — The loop
Explain the conversational development loop: describe → Claude executes → you review → refine. Show a real React component being built across 3 conversation turns, each turn improving it.
Turn 1: 'Build me a user card component' Turn 2: 'Add skeleton loading state' Turn 3: 'Make the avatar fallback use initials'
Scene 3 — Prompting mindset
Cover three prompt ingredients: CONTEXT (what's the codebase doing), CONSTRAINT (what can't change), OUTCOME (what should exist after). Show the same request written badly vs well.
Scene 4 — Live demo
Open a real project. Have a 4-turn conversation to add a feature. Narrate your thought process — what you tell it, what you hold back, when you push back on its suggestion.
Scene 5 — Recap
Think outcome, not implementation. Give context freely. One concern at a time. Review every diff.
The conversational loop
Every productive Claude Code session follows a cycle: describe what you need → Claude reads relevant files and proposes changes → you review the diff → you refine. The skill is in making each iteration tight.
- ▸Start with context: what is this project, what problem are we solving?
- ▸Describe the outcome, not the steps: 'Add email verification' not 'create a verify-email.ts file that exports...'
- ▸One concern per turn: mixing three requests muddies the diff
- ▸Push back when the approach is wrong: Claude will reconsider
The three prompt ingredients
Context — what's the surrounding code doing, what frameworks are in play, what conventions exist. Claude reads files automatically but you can accelerate this.
Constraint — what must NOT change. Be explicit: "don't break the existing API contract", "keep this file under 200 lines", "no new dependencies".
Outcome — what should be true when it's done. A passing test, a visible UI element, a working endpoint.
Common mistake
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