5 things to set up in CLAUDE CODE BEFORE you write a line of code:
1. claude.md ... so every session knows who you are
2. .claude/skills/ ... your reusable slash commands
3. .claude/hooks ... event-driven automation
4. MCPs ... external tool access (github, slack, notion, your db)
5. subagents ... isolated workers for parallel tasks
skip these and you'll repeat yourself in every single session
full setup guide:
docs.claude.com/en/docs…