Thariq works on the Claude Code team, and I’ve wanted to see how he builds for a long time. In our episode, he showed how to use /goal to keep Claude working, how he plans with Claude to remove unknowns before building, and how he runs a team of agents in Slack. He also shared why his team cut Claude Code’s system prompt by 80% and how he creates polished launch videos with Claude.
Thariq and I talked about:
(00:00) Goals, loops, and workflows to make Claude work longer
(04:48) Live demo: Creating a polished video with one prompt
(08:17) Plan by removing unknowns before you build
(14:32) How Anthropic uses HTML artifacts for planning
(18:35) Running parallel Claude tasks through Slack
(27:34) Using separate creator and verifier sub-agents
(31:08) How Thariq stays focused while Claude works in parallel
(34:07) Why Anthropic cut Claude Code’s system prompt by 80%
(37:01) How to become more technical when AI writes the code
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Where to find Thariq:
LinkedIn: https://x.com/trq212
Website: https://www.thariq.io/
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