Customizing & extending Claude Code

Slides

Schedule

10:00 AM – 3:00 PM ET · 255 min content · 45 min breaks + lunch

1. 10:00
   Day 2 recap + Q&A + Day 3 framing ('today we extend what you've already built')Discussion
   15 min
2. 10:15
   The customization stack mental model (CLAUDE.md → memory → commands → skills → plugins → MCPs → hooks)Lecture
   20 min
3. 10:35
   Multi-level CLAUDE.md (global + project + subdirectory; what goes where)Lecture
   15 min
4. 10:50
   Generate your own project CLAUDE.md via interview (modeled on the workshop project file)Workshop
   25 min
5. 11:15
   BreakBreak
   15 min
6. 11:30
   Memory system: types (user/feedback/project/reference); MEMORY.md index; instructions-vs-facts distinctionLecture
   20 min
7. 11:50
   Write 2-3 memories (one user, one project, one feedback)Workshop
   25 min
8. 12:15
   Custom slash commands: $ARGUMENTS; command-vs-skill distinction; encoding repeated prompts as one-linersLecture
   15 min
9. 12:30
   Write 2 commands: one from a prompt you've been re-typing, one for a research workflow you do oftenWorkshop
   30 min
10. 1:00
    LunchBreak
    30 min
11. 1:30
    Skills + the Superpowers ecosystem: install live, browse skills (brainstorming, writing-plans, TDD, verification); plus Crawfurd's paper-review skillLecture
    25 min
12. 1:55
    Install Superpowers + Crawfurd, browse, identify 2-3 skills you'd actually useWorkshop
    20 min
13. 2:15
    Modify a Superpowers skill for your own workflowWorkshop
    20 min
14. 2:35
    Git worktrees + parallel robustness specs: run multiple specs in parallel branches, each with its own Claude Code sessionLecture
    10 min
15. 2:45
    Run two specs in parallel using worktreesWorkshop
    10 min
16. 2:55
    Debrief + Day 4 preview (hooks/MCPs/plugins covered briefly in Day 4 closing)Discussion
    5 min

Materials

• Project-level CLAUDE.md interview promptavailable

  Used in the 10:50 workshop block.

• Superpowers (community plugin)available

  Installed live in the 1:30 demo.

• Crawfurd's paper-review skillavailable

  Installed alongside Superpowers as a research-flavored example.

• Starter custom commandscoming soon

  2-3 examples to modify in the 12:30 block.

• Starter custom skillscoming soon

  2-3 examples to modify in the 2:15 block.