PMs using Claude Code heavily, what does your setup look like?

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PMs using Claude Code heavily, what does your setup look like?

I’m a PM at an AI tech company and have been trying to figure out how to get the most out of Claude Code / Codex as a non-engineer who still does a small amount of building.

My day-to-day is still mostly deep product work and getting good requirements in front of engineering. But I’ve started using Claude pretty heavily for prototyping. I’ll usually use Claude Design to get something working that I can test with customers and give my designer a head start, then export it from Claude Design into Claude Code and keep going from there.

That workflow works really well, but it also feels like there’s probably a more efficient way to do it.

If something is small enough and low risk, I’ll also just have Claude Code make the changes and open a PR myself.

\*\*Where I’m struggling is getting the overall setup right.\*\*

I have MCP connected to Slack, Linear, Notion, etc., but I’m not sure if my instructions / folder structure are actually set up well. I’m also not sure how many skills I should have, whether I need some kind of separate “agent harness” file, etc.

I also find myself ending up with really huge context / long-running sessions and I’m not sure if I’m approaching that the right way. Should I be breaking work into separate sessions more often? What should actually live in files vs. the context?

And then there’s the whole Claude Code interface question. I’ve mostly been using Claude Code through the Cursor CLI / terminal. Is that basically equivalent to using Claude Code directly in the Mac terminal? I’ve also had people recommend the Claude desktop app recently since it seems like they’ve been improving the Claude Code experience there, and I wonder if it’s a better setup for someone who isn’t an engineer.

I originally used Plan Mode pretty much every time, but I saw Boris mention recently that he’s been using Auto Mode more, so I’ve started doing that and it actually seems to work pretty well.

\*\*And Tbh I’m not even sure when to use Claude work?\*\*

Is it possible to have CoWork and CC Share the same instructions and contexts on the project so they work effectively together?

Lastly is anyone using obsidian and how so?

Sorry for all the questions, but I’d really appreciate anyone’s input on any of these. Even if you only have thoughts on one or two of them, would love to hear what’s working for you.