I Read the Secret Instructions Behind Claude Code & Cursor. Here’s What You Need to Know.

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📅 Publicado em: 2026-02-23T15:30:00Z
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In 2025, the systems prompts for Claude Code, Cursor, and every other major AI coding tool were leaked to the world. In this video I break down these prompts to see what we can learn, how they work, and if there is anything you can apply to improve how you use AI coding tools.

This helps everyone using AI tools like Claude Code, from non-technical founders to senior developers to marketers.

Chapters:

00:00 Learning from AI system prompts
01:15 What is an AI system prompt?
02:04 Analyzing Claude Code's system prompt
03:22 Pro-tip: Provide documentation URLs
05:03 Pro-tip: Ask the AI to explain its reasoning
06:15 Pro-tip: Tell the AI to follow your project's conventions
07:21 Pro-tip: Bundle related tasks together in one prompt
09:25 Analyzing Cursor's system prompt
10:25 Pro-tip: Split multipart questions into separate prompts
11:26 Pro-tip: Ask for a plan before letting the AI execute
13:34 Pro-tip: Rephrase your question if you get a bad answer
14:49 A simple playbook for non-technical users
16:40 Final thoughts on how to use AI coding tools

Key points:

– I feed the Claude Code and Cursor system prompts into ChatGPT and get it to break down the key insights

– I translate the system prompt analysis into actionable, real insights that you can apply to your AI coding workflows

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