Want better results from Claude? Split your request into 3 prompts instead of one.
Anthropic's 3 message pattern: draft, review against criteria, then refine. The criteria are what people skip. For a proposal I name our payment terms, lead times and what we got wrong last time. Worth it on a quote, overkill on an internal note.
Anthropic documents a 3 message pattern for getting better work out of Claude: draft it, review the draft against criteria, then refine from the review.
The criteria are the part that gets skipped. Ask “is this any good” and Claude will agree with you. When I run a proposal through this, the review prompt names our payment terms, our lead times, and the 3 things we got wrong on the last one. What comes back is a list I can work from.
It costs 2 extra messages and a few minutes. Worth it on a quote or a customer document. Overkill on an internal note.
Curious what you would put in that criteria line for the document you write most often.