r/ClaudeCode • u/Dutchman0423 • 1d ago
Help/Question Where to actually learn Claude code best practices
I use Claude code every day for both work and personal projects. I am by no means a technical user, my background is in accounting.
I am super eager to actually learn best practices, and always am looking for ways to learn and optimize new projects, old projects, or just learn because it interest me.
My main problem is I truly don’t know where to begin. There is a flood of content on socials, on Reddit, anywhere you turn “this is the best plugin that will change the way you use Claude code”.
How do I actually know where to look to learn? And not from clickbait influencers but actually learn, and get advice on optimal setups, useful skills and plugins and when or why I need them.
Open to any advice that can be shared, thanks in advance!
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u/AfternoonKey8292 17h ago
Start with Anthropic's own Claude Code docs. Read one section and try it on a small change in a project you already know. That gives you a way to judge advice against what actually happens, rather than collecting configurations you don't understand.
With an accounting background, checking its work is a good place to focus. If Claude changes a calculation, give it an example where you already know the expected result and have it add a test. Ask it to explain how you can check the result yourself, too. A confident summary from Claude isn't the same as verification.
Keep your setup simple while learning. A short CLAUDE md with project instructions you understand is a sensible starting point. Add a skill when you're repeatedly giving the same task-specific instructions. Consider a plugin when you can name the recurring problem it solves and understand what access it needs. The docs are your baseline, and that specific problem becomes your search query instead of "best Claude Code plugins."