His Claude Code Workflow Is Insane

Overview

The presenter explores Boris Chenry's workflow for using Claude Code, highlighting techniques like running multiple Claude instances in parallel, leveraging cloud.md for team collaboration, and using slash commands for common tasks. The presenter also experiments with features like teleporting sessions to mobile and agentic validation.

Key takeaways

Boris Chenry runs five Claude instances in parallel in his terminal and five to ten on cloud.ai/code, teleporting sessions between them and his phone.
Teams share a single cloud.md file in Git, updating it to correct Claude's behavior and improve context.
Boris Chenry uses slash commands for inner loop workflows, storing them in .cloud/commands and checking them into Git for team use.
Boris Chenry uses custom subagents like Code Simplifier and Verify app to automate common workflows and protect context.
Boris Chenry uses slash permissions to pre-allow safe bash commands, avoiding unnecessary permission prompts during Claude sessions.
Giving Claude a way to verify its work, such as through UI testing with Chrome extensions, can improve the quality of results by two to three times.

Chapters

0:00 Boris Chenry's Vanilla Claude Code Setup: Parallel Instances and Terminal Management

Boris Chenry runs five Claude instances in parallel within his terminal, using numbered tabs and system notifications.
The presenter renames terminal tabs (e.g., 'local anime,' 'push to prod app') to maintain mental context.
Boris Chenry uses light mode, but the presenter prefers dark mode.

5:09 Web-Based Claude Instances, Teleporting Sessions, and Model Selection

Boris Chenry runs five to ten Claude instances on cloud.ai/code in parallel with local instances, often teleporting sessions between them.
The presenter discovers the teleport feature, which syncs sessions to the Claude iOS app.
Boris Chenry uses Opus 4.5 with thinking, while the presenter defaults to Opus 4.6 and uses slash model to switch between models.

9:10 Team Collaboration with cloud.md, Code Reviews, and Plan Mode

Teams share a single cloud.md file in Git, updating it multiple times a week to correct Claude's behavior.
Boris Chenry's personal cloud.md primarily points to the team's cloud.md.
During code reviews, Boris Chenry tags Claude and adds to cloud.md as part of the PR, using Claude Code's GitHub Action.
Boris Chenry starts most sessions in plan mode (shift-tab twice) to refine the plan before switching to auto-accept edits mode.

15:52 Slash Commands, Subagents, and Post-Tool Use Hooks for Workflow Automation

Boris Chenry uses slash commands for inner loop workflows, storing them in .cloud/commands and checking them into Git.
The presenter creates a slash ship command to format code, add changes, and create a PR.
Boris Chenry uses custom subagents like Code Simplifier and Verify app to automate common workflows.
Boris Chenry uses a post-tool use hook to format Claude Code's output, preventing formatting errors in CI.

Summary, takeaways, and chapters were generated by AI from the video's transcript and may contain errors. The video belongs to its creator, John Kim.