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5 Claude Shortcuts to Supercharge Your Chats

Supercharge Your Claude Chats

Claude has handy slash commands that let you compress history, analyze plans, simulate failures, strengthen arguments, and more. Use these five shortcuts to save time and improve your prompts 😎

1. Compress History with /compact

/compact – Compresses your entire conversation history inside Claude Code to avoid token limits.
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Use this when you hit token limits to keep your chat going smoothly.

2. SWOT Analysis with /SWAT

SWAT – Append to any prompt for a full strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis.
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Get a quick strategic breakdown of your plan before you dive in.

3. Run a Postmortem with /premortem

/premortem – Claude pretends your plan failed six months from now and works backward to show why.
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Spot hidden risks and fix them before they happen.

4. Strengthen Opposing Views with /STEELMAN

STEELMAN – Makes Claude argue the strongest version of the opposing side, perfect for debates or negotiations.
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Sharpen your arguments by facing the toughest counterpoints.

5. Test Your Plan with /REDTEAM

REDTEAM – Attacks your plan from every critical angle a skeptic or competitor would. If it survives, you know it’s strong.
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Challenge your ideas and build unbreakable strategies.

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