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All three docs now use generic examples only. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Claude Shorthand Cheat-Sheet
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## Core Operators
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| Pattern | Meaning | Example |
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|---------|---------|---------|
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| `→` | then (sequential) | `ssh server → check status` |
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| `+` | and (parallel) | `check proxy + check dns` |
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| `X ? Y : Z` | if X then Y else Z | `port open ? connect : debug` |
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| `!X` | don't / skip | `!error handling` |
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| `w/` | with | `py script w/ argparse` |
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| `@` | at path/location | `new config @ /etc/nginx/` |
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| `re:` | regarding | `fix re: pool degraded drive` |
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| `=` | set/assign | `port=3000, lang=python` |
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| `~` | approximately / like | `~50 lines, ~yesterday` |
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| `>>` | output to / save to | `results >> /tmp/report.txt` |
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| `<-` | from / source | `data <- rss API` |
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## Spec Block (complex tasks)
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```
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feat: <short description>
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- lang: <language>
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- deps: <dependencies>
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- in: <input/source>
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- out: <output/target>
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- !: <things to skip>
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```
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## Examples
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### Verbose → Compressed
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**Service setup:**
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```
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# Before (~80 tokens):
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"Please create a new Python service in the automation directory
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that connects to the RSS API, fetches today's articles, formats
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them for the printer, and runs as a systemd service"
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# After (~20 tokens):
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feat: daily print @ automation/
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- rss API → format → printer
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- systemd service
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```
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**Infra task:**
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```
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# Before (~50 tokens):
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"SSH into the storage server, check if any drives in the pool are
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degraded, and if so tell me which ones need replacement"
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# After (~12 tokens):
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storage-server → pool degraded drives? → list replacements
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```
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**Multi-step:**
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```
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# Before (~60 tokens):
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"First read the proxy config, then add a new reverse proxy entry for
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wiki.example.com pointing to the backend on port 3000, and also
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add it to DNS"
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# After (~15 tokens):
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add wiki.example.com → backend:3000 to proxy + dns
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```
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**Conditional:**
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```
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# Before (~45 tokens):
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"Check if the LLM service is running on the inference server. If it is,
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test the model. If it's not running, start it first then test."
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# After (~15 tokens):
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inference: llm running ? test model : start → test
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```
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## Anchors (use known names)
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Define short aliases in your CLAUDE.md, then use them everywhere:
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| Say | Not |
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| `db-server` | "the PostgreSQL database server at 10.0.1.50" |
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| `pool` | "the ZFS storage pool on the NAS" |
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| `proxy` | "the Caddy/nginx reverse proxy container" |
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| `dns` | "the Pi-hole DNS server" |
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| `workstation` | "this machine, my desktop PC" |
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| `llm` | "the LLM inference service" |
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## Quick Rules
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1. Drop articles (a, the, an) — Claude doesn't need them
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2. Drop politeness (please, could you, I'd like) — zero effect on output
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3. Use aliases from CLAUDE.md — they're shared vocabulary
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4. Bullets > paragraphs — less ambiguous, fewer tokens
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5. Imply obvious steps — "add X to caddy" implies read/edit/save
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