John Lindquist
@johnlindquist.com
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https://egghead.io/workshop/claude-code
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Claude Skills with subagents and hooks introduce some hidden traps if you don't carefully consider your settings.
Check out the lesson below (lesson 9 in the ✨free✨ Claude Skills series):
"Avoid the Dangers of Settings Pollution in Subagents, Hooks, and Scripts"
Check out the lesson below (lesson 9 in the ✨free✨ Claude Skills series):
"Avoid the Dangers of Settings Pollution in Subagents, Hooks, and Scripts"
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Claude Skills with subagents and hooks introduce some hidden traps if you don't carefully consider your settings.
Check out the lesson below (lesson 9 in the ✨free✨ Claude Skills series):
"Avoid the Dangers of Settings Pollution in Subagents, Hooks, and Scripts"
Check out the lesson below (lesson 9 in the ✨free✨ Claude Skills series):
"Avoid the Dangers of Settings Pollution in Subagents, Hooks, and Scripts"
Want your Claude Skills to run faster and be more reliable?
Check out video #8 of the Claude Skills series:
"Optimizing Claude Skills from Subagents to Scripts" below
Check out video #8 of the Claude Skills series:
"Optimizing Claude Skills from Subagents to Scripts" below
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Want your Claude Skills to run faster and be more reliable?
Check out video #8 of the Claude Skills series:
"Optimizing Claude Skills from Subagents to Scripts" below
Check out video #8 of the Claude Skills series:
"Optimizing Claude Skills from Subagents to Scripts" below
How are Claude Skills different from MCPs? When should you use which one?
This lesson builds a quick MCP and compares it to using a Claude Skill to discuss the differences:
Watch lesson #7: "Claude Skills Compared to MCP Tools"
This lesson builds a quick MCP and compares it to using a Claude Skill to discuss the differences:
Watch lesson #7: "Claude Skills Compared to MCP Tools"
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How are Claude Skills different from MCPs? When should you use which one?
This lesson builds a quick MCP and compares it to using a Claude Skill to discuss the differences:
Watch lesson #7: "Claude Skills Compared to MCP Tools"
This lesson builds a quick MCP and compares it to using a Claude Skill to discuss the differences:
Watch lesson #7: "Claude Skills Compared to MCP Tools"
What's the difference between Claude Skills and Slash Commands? When should I use them? How do I convince you to watch lesson #6 "Claude Skills Compared to Slash Commands"?
Watch the lesson below to find out!
Watch the lesson below to find out!
October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What's the difference between Claude Skills and Slash Commands? When should I use them? How do I convince you to watch lesson #6 "Claude Skills Compared to Slash Commands"?
Watch the lesson below to find out!
Watch the lesson below to find out!
Claude Skills often define complex scenarios requiring many tools.
To enforce strict tool rules for the Skill, create "PreToolUse" hooks to limit access to the specific tools you trust.
Watch Lesson 5 👀
"Secure Your Claude Skills with Custom PreToolUse Hooks"
To enforce strict tool rules for the Skill, create "PreToolUse" hooks to limit access to the specific tools you trust.
Watch Lesson 5 👀
"Secure Your Claude Skills with Custom PreToolUse Hooks"
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Claude Skills often define complex scenarios requiring many tools.
To enforce strict tool rules for the Skill, create "PreToolUse" hooks to limit access to the specific tools you trust.
Watch Lesson 5 👀
"Secure Your Claude Skills with Custom PreToolUse Hooks"
To enforce strict tool rules for the Skill, create "PreToolUse" hooks to limit access to the specific tools you trust.
Watch Lesson 5 👀
"Secure Your Claude Skills with Custom PreToolUse Hooks"
In Claude Skills, some CLI tools always trigger permission prompts due to special characters.
The fix?
Abstract into scripts. Bonus: your skills become cross-platform, better loggers, and more maintainable.
Watch Lesson #4: "Build Better Tools in Claude Skills with Scripts"
The fix?
Abstract into scripts. Bonus: your skills become cross-platform, better loggers, and more maintainable.
Watch Lesson #4: "Build Better Tools in Claude Skills with Scripts"
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In Claude Skills, some CLI tools always trigger permission prompts due to special characters.
The fix?
Abstract into scripts. Bonus: your skills become cross-platform, better loggers, and more maintainable.
Watch Lesson #4: "Build Better Tools in Claude Skills with Scripts"
The fix?
Abstract into scripts. Bonus: your skills become cross-platform, better loggers, and more maintainable.
Watch Lesson #4: "Build Better Tools in Claude Skills with Scripts"
Lesson 3 of "The Essential Guide to Claude Code Skills" just released! 🎉
"Stacking Claude Skills to Create Complex Workflows"
"Stacking Claude Skills to Create Complex Workflows"
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Lesson 3 of "The Essential Guide to Claude Code Skills" just released! 🎉
"Stacking Claude Skills to Create Complex Workflows"
"Stacking Claude Skills to Create Complex Workflows"
React defined the Web. The AI SDK will define AI
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
React defined the Web. The AI SDK will define AI
So proud of this testimonial
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So proud of this testimonial
The good ol' "thank you, but please commit before you mess it up again" message:
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The good ol' "thank you, but please commit before you mess it up again" message:
Had 71 attendees in my Claude Code Power User workshop today 🤯
Amazing group, wonderful feedback. So awesome to share so many ways to upgrade your dev workflows. Already iterating on what to polish and improve for the next one (2 weeks from today)!
Amazing group, wonderful feedback. So awesome to share so many ways to upgrade your dev workflows. Already iterating on what to polish and improve for the next one (2 weeks from today)!
August 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Had 71 attendees in my Claude Code Power User workshop today 🤯
Amazing group, wonderful feedback. So awesome to share so many ways to upgrade your dev workflows. Already iterating on what to polish and improve for the next one (2 weeks from today)!
Amazing group, wonderful feedback. So awesome to share so many ways to upgrade your dev workflows. Already iterating on what to polish and improve for the next one (2 weeks from today)!
Using Claude Code + n8n to work on a fantasy story every 15 minutes on a cron 😇
August 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Using Claude Code + n8n to work on a fantasy story every 15 minutes on a cron 😇
Cursor's background agent UI is sooo clean.
I love "checkout locally". I'm generally against having AI Agents create walls of PRs for humans to review. Mostly because it feels like extra work to verify locally.
I know this will streamline in the future, but until then 😍
I love "checkout locally". I'm generally against having AI Agents create walls of PRs for humans to review. Mostly because it feels like extra work to verify locally.
I know this will streamline in the future, but until then 😍
July 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Cursor's background agent UI is sooo clean.
I love "checkout locally". I'm generally against having AI Agents create walls of PRs for humans to review. Mostly because it feels like extra work to verify locally.
I know this will streamline in the future, but until then 😍
I love "checkout locally". I'm generally against having AI Agents create walls of PRs for humans to review. Mostly because it feels like extra work to verify locally.
I know this will streamline in the future, but until then 😍
I love how Claude Code guides me through dev tasks on my home devices that I'd typically avoid due to all the annoying configuration and debugging steps:
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I love how Claude Code guides me through dev tasks on my home devices that I'd typically avoid due to all the annoying configuration and debugging steps:
I mean, I guess $200 a month is an OK deal?
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I mean, I guess $200 a month is an OK deal?
Why AI Studio is the _best_ AI tool currently available.
(this was longer, but bsky forced me to crop it to <1 min)
cc @threepointone.bsky.social
(this was longer, but bsky forced me to crop it to <1 min)
cc @threepointone.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Why AI Studio is the _best_ AI tool currently available.
(this was longer, but bsky forced me to crop it to <1 min)
cc @threepointone.bsky.social
(this was longer, but bsky forced me to crop it to <1 min)
cc @threepointone.bsky.social
This game is called "Blank Slate"
It's super fun and also includes 8 mini whiteboards+dry erase markers which are awesome for many other groups word games.
It's super fun and also includes 8 mini whiteboards+dry erase markers which are awesome for many other groups word games.
January 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This game is called "Blank Slate"
It's super fun and also includes 8 mini whiteboards+dry erase markers which are awesome for many other groups word games.
It's super fun and also includes 8 mini whiteboards+dry erase markers which are awesome for many other groups word games.
Strong recommend. (At my Costco)
January 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Strong recommend. (At my Costco)
My experience with AI today summed up in a single image
January 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My experience with AI today summed up in a single image
I'm sure glad AI is _great_ with numbers! I can't see anything going wrong here...
January 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm sure glad AI is _great_ with numbers! I can't see anything going wrong here...
Added a phase where it re-reads the docs to polish a the initial draft 💪
December 31, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Added a phase where it re-reads the docs to polish a the initial draft 💪
Made a crap-ton of progress on the @scriptkit.com script generator today:
December 27, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Made a crap-ton of progress on the @scriptkit.com script generator today:
I got a tool chest for Christmas because I'm a manly man
December 25, 2024 at 9:08 PM
I got a tool chest for Christmas because I'm a manly man
Considering playing the co-op "Back to the Future: Back in Time"?
Don't. Just watch the movie and save yourself the confusion.
Don't. Just watch the movie and save yourself the confusion.
December 23, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Considering playing the co-op "Back to the Future: Back in Time"?
Don't. Just watch the movie and save yourself the confusion.
Don't. Just watch the movie and save yourself the confusion.
off-topic, but if you haven't tried Google's "Whisk" yet, it's pretty crazy (yoinked your profile pic and made these in ~10 seconds):
labs.google/fx/tools/whisk
labs.google/fx/tools/whisk
December 18, 2024 at 1:17 AM
off-topic, but if you haven't tried Google's "Whisk" yet, it's pretty crazy (yoinked your profile pic and made these in ~10 seconds):
labs.google/fx/tools/whisk
labs.google/fx/tools/whisk