tips

why read docs when tip come to you

Before/After • Install • Levels • What You Get

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A Claude Code plugin that appends one contextual tip after every response. Teaches you Claude's full power as you work — no docs, no courses, no effort. Tip come to you. You get smarter. You don't notice. That the trick.

Most Claude users use 20% of what Claude can do. Not because lazy. Because nobody told them. tips fix that. Passively. One micro-lesson at a time.

Before / After

😶 User Without tips Asks question. Gets answer. Moves on. Three months later, still describing errors in prose instead of pasting them. Still gets generic answers because never said "be opinionated." Still asks one thing at a time instead of chaining prompts. Still reads docs.

💡 User With tips Asks question. Gets answer. Gets tip. Next session: pastes error verbatim. Gets exact fix. Week later: says "what question should I have asked instead?" Entire problem reframed. Month later: chains prompts. 3x output quality. Never reads docs.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  DOCS READ                 ░░░░░░░░░  0% │
│  CAPABILITY DISCOVERED     ████████ 100% │
│  EFFORT REQUIRED           ░░░░░░░░░  0% │
│  TIPS DELIVERED            ████████ ∞/∞  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Zero friction. Brain get bigger. You do nothing.

Install

claude plugin marketplace add daniel-g0/tips
claude plugin install tips

Restart Claude Code. Tips start next session.

Levels

Three tip levels. Pick your depth.

Level	Strategy	Example tip
low	Quick obvious win	paste error verbatim — describing it loses precision
mid	Useful non-obvious (default)	say "devil's advocate" — I argue against my own answer
high	Power moves most devs never find	say "what question should I have asked instead?" — reframes entire problem

/tips low     → beginner basics
/tips mid     → useful, non-obvious (default)
/tips high    → power-user moves that feel like cheating
/tips off     → silence (why though)
/tips on      → re-enable

high level: Claude reasons about what you don't know you don't know — most surprising relevant tip. Few tokens. One line. Maximum discovery.

What You Get

Every response. One tip. Always contextual. Never random.

low:

💡 Claude tip: paste error verbatim — describing it loses precision
💡 Claude tip: say "give me 3 options" — I generate alternatives, not just one answer
💡 Claude tip: attach a screenshot — I read UI directly

mid:

💡 Claude tip: say "what am I missing?" — surfaces blind spots after I solve something
💡 Claude tip: say "run in parallel" — I execute independent tasks simultaneously
💡 Claude tip: write rules in CLAUDE.md — load automatically every session
💡 Claude tip: say "devil's advocate" — I argue against my own answer

high:

💡 Claude tip: say "what question should I have asked instead?" — reframes the entire problem
💡 Claude tip: chain prompts: "do X, then critique, then improve" — 3x output quality
💡 Claude tip: say "rubber duck this with me" — I ask Socratic questions instead of solving
💡 Claude tip: say "steelman the opposite view" — best counterargument to your approach
💡 Claude tip: say "give me a confidence score 1-10" — I flag uncertainty honestly

How It Work

1. Plugin installs two hooks into Claude Code.
2. SessionStart hook loads full tip library + active level into context.
3. UserPromptSubmit hook injects one-line reminder each turn: append one contextual tip at this level.
4. Claude picks most relevant tip from library, or invents new one in same style.
5. You learn something. You didn't try. That the point.

Tips are examples, not a lookup table. Claude generates contextually — 40 seed tips produce 400+ contextual variants. high level instructs Claude to reason before picking, not just pattern-match.

Pair With caveman

tips teach you better inputs. caveman compresses Claude's outputs ~75%. Install both — smarter prompts AND shorter responses.

claude plugin install github:JuliusBrussee/caveman

Together: you say more with less. Claude says more with less. Everyone win. Token bill cry alone.

Contributing

Tips live in skills/tips/SKILL.md under ### LOW, ### MID, ### HIGH sections.

Add a tip:

1. Find the right section
2. One line: - `💡 Claude tip: say "X" — [outcome]`
3. Open PR

Rule: actionable + one line + something user wouldn't find in first month of using Claude.

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License

MIT — free like knowledge should be.

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Made by daniel-g0.