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Define success before execution

9 min readReliability and Verification

The biggest difference between casual and advanced Claude use is verification. Define success before asking Claude to perform complicated work.

Verification loop

Before executing this task, write success criteria. After producing the result, evaluate it against each criterion, list evidence, identify uncertainties and propose fixes.

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