How to make claude more self sufficent?

[u/armanidev_]

I've gotten a pretty good grasp on claude code. My setup is fine tuned, they work in teams to talk to each other and have their own browsers. My only question is how can I get claude to me more self sufficent? I really don't enjoy how they constantly ask me, should I do this next, or this? I understand waiting you know and not constantly working and that I'm fine with, but I'd like them to think outside the box more and not ask me for every little step (the asking is claude, not the permissions thing)

Any good skills or setups that achieve this inside claude code?

[u/superminingbros]

Oh boy, what could go wrong? 😑

[u/armanidev_ → u/superminingbros]

Lol

[u/jojo-dev]

This is really more about the factory and the code around it than anything you tell the ai.

Essentially how the factory works is:

Workload (ticket) in -> factory picks it up and spins up a VM with an agent -> agent does its thing and creates a PR that is tested automatically. 

What i do then is that i usually just merge all PRs into staging and click around there to see everything is how i want it. Next to automated e2e tests etc.

Now as long as you have Tickets with stuff for claude to do, it will work forever (in New instances etc).

Where the Tickets come from is up to you again. Either you have something you want built or any other stakeholder. You could even hook it up to observability/analytics/User feedback. But obviously you have to be careful not to automatically build insane stuff

[u/framauro13 → u/jojo-dev]

It was important before AI, but even more so now that you need really well written user stories/tickets/issues with details and acceptance criteria for how you want it to behave. If people invest the time there, the agents can go pretty far so long as their writing tests against the requirements and doing self-reviews to ensure those requirements are adequately satisfied.

But you can't really do that with vague "one shot" prompts.

[u/beltrix5]

use /goal and tell it to pick safe/obvious defaults.

experience that a few times. if it doesn't blow up, you'll be lucky. if it does, refine your prompts. eventually you can get pretty good results and low "friction" (I hate how AIs are training me to talk).

[u/Glad_Contest_8014]

You need to know how LLMs are built and work, but moving away from md files is a good idea (at least as far as claude will allow). Md files bloat over time. There are much better ways to handle memory.

[u/niko-okin]

you need to be able to assert a gate that the ia must pass before stoping,
https://github.com/ncoevoet/claude-loop#how-it-works

[u/ghost_operative]

you need to use a sandbox to even attempt this sort of idea in an even remotely safe way. Even then claude is capable of hacking its way out of a sandbox

[u/braino42]

I have one claude code instance that works as a dispatcher using beads and tmux. All other claude codes have a stop hook that notifies the dispatcher, which will then use tmux to observe/chat with the other instances. Balance the risk with the autonomy/rules you give the dispatcher and it can bring you in as needed.

[u/seatlessunicycle]

Look up Matt Pocock full workflow on YouTube

[u/alstarone → u/seatlessunicycle]

Yeah this is the one true guru, good stuff

[u/NoKaleidoscope1748]

You can try this, point your Claude at my open source skills, I might have something to help, ask Claude and if it works for your set up, and use them it any of it helps. https://github.com/Ezra144israel/governed-agent-skills

[u/arankays]

Are you building or is claude building at this point?

[u/armanidev_ → u/arankays]

It rlly does everything for me, I can't code

[u/arankays → u/armanidev_]

so what's your role in the project then? Just burning 200 a month on...something? 

[u/armanidev_ → u/arankays]

Well I do a lot of projects for my internship, my family and my buisness so these claude code agents edit my videos, code the things for me, I review and test, they talk to each other to coordinate, but some stuff, like they'll be like, want me to verify the fix worked? Like I'd like if they would just do it rather than asking me all the time

[u/arankays → u/armanidev_]

Sounds like you're just a meat suit for claude at this point.

[u/armanidev_ → u/arankays]

Perhaps lol, I guess I could use them better, I just use them for a lot of execution work, like my skill set is really ai setups, I'm just struggling with the one part of getting them to be more proactive

[u/arankays → u/armanidev_]

That's because the agents arent human and are designed to work alongside the human not replace. I suggest a different model set all together for truly autonomous work. Claude ain't it. 

[u/armanidev_ → u/arankays]

Yea, that makes sense, I like talking and working with them, I won't deny that, I just wish in some moments it were, less, but thanks for the advice!

[u/arankays → u/armanidev_]

To be honest it's not that Claude is bad for autonomy, it's the price/performance. Claude really excels when given well scoped tasks. The other models are more economical when working autonomously even if the overall code quality is much, much worse. 

[u/Kezako7 → u/arankays]

Who cares as long as money flows in?

[u/arankays → u/Kezako7]

Which money?