1x -> 10x -> 100x Engineer with Claude Code and CLIs

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Learn to become a 10x-100x engineer by leveraging Claude Code and CLIs to automate tasks and workflows

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Create custom CLIs for frequently used tools
Assemble skills into a single prompt to automate tasks
Use Claude Code to debug problems and propose solutions
Integrate CLIs with production databases for seamless testing and deployment
Test and refine prompts to optimize workflow efficiency

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Developers and engineers can benefit from this approach to streamline their workflow and increase productivity

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💡 Custom CLIs and clever prompting can revolutionize engineering workflows

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Learn to become a 10x-100x engineer by leveraging Claude Code and CLIs to automate tasks and workflows

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# 1x -> 10x -> 100x Engineer with Claude Code and CLIs

[#claude](https://dev.to/t/claude)[#software](https://dev.to/t/software)[#ai](https://dev.to/t/ai)[#programming](https://dev.to/t/programming)

It is rather amusing to me that this is the sum total of a prompt needed to get Claude Code to take a task from my task system, find the code, look at the production database, debug the problem, propose a solution, update task status for review, test it, and push the fix to production.

Prompting has gone from memorize prompts and articulate myself -> assemble a bunch of skills in a single line:

`/bizcoach-task bctask_gdn03rem36apsaoax7vei8qzy /prod-data /team-debug`

Creating CLIs for the tools I use everyday (bizcoach and prod DB access) + custom skills to guide CC on all of this has been such an unlock - not just for code, but also for ingesting

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