The Claude Code Skill My Smartest Friends Use

The Claude Code Skill My Smartest Friends Use
What separates great AI developers from everyone else? In this episode, we uncover the powerful Claude Code skill that top builders rely on to write better code, solve complex problems faster, and boost productivity. Discover practical techniques, real-world workflows, and actionable tips you can start using today. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, this episode will help you unlock smarter ways to work with AI and elevate your coding game.

Transcript

SPEAKER_01 0:00

There's a way to tune your Claude code so you get absolute superpowers. Some of my smartest friends are using this tool and it's called Last 30 Days. It just came out and I had the founder, Matt Van Horn, come on the podcast to show how to use it. What Last 30 Days does is it uses trending data on places like X and Reddit as the starting point for your prompts on Claude Code. The cool part is you end up getting way more out of Claude Code because the prompts are way more dialed and optimized. Enjoy the episode. Let me know if you think this is cool, and I'll see you in there.

SPEAKER_00 1:14

It's going to search X, Twitter, and the web for only things that have happened in the last 30 days and give you a great result and help you be expert.

SPEAKER_01 1:22

My smartest friends are using this right now, so I had to ask Matt to come on and showcase how to use this. So thank you, Matt. I say we just get right into it.

SPEAKER_00 1:32

Alright. YOLO, let's uh let's go. I can just uh dive in. So we are in Cloud Code. And so this is a skill for Cloud Code. And so once you install it, you just type in last 30 days. So research any topic from the last 30 days. So uh can be anything. So let's say I want um let's kick one off right here. Um most popular rap songs. So let's kick that one off. And so, and then I'll I'll show someone some precanned ones that I've done. So using the last 30 days school, let's research the most popular rap songs. Let me research some pop rap rap songs from the last 30 days. And so right here it's Reddit, reading what Redditors are saying, X, reading the timeline, and then it's also running a web search.

SPEAKER_01 2:26

So is the is the thinking like, is the reason why you created this is there's so much good data on the internet, and you want to use that as like the jumping off point? Is that why?

SPEAKER_00 2:36

The the reason that I built this tool is I feel like everything is moving so quickly in AI, and it's nearly impossible to keep up with the conversation on X, on Reddit, on GitHub. And I wanted a tool that gives you superpowers to be able to just become expert on any topic based on what's happening on Reddit X and the web very, very quickly because the prompts are changing so quickly. What's happened to like look at you know, Moltbot. What's happened there? It's changing so quickly. And so being able to just become expert in something, it kind of reminds me of The Matrix when he gets plugged in and it's like, I know Kung Fu, right? So to be able to do that for any topic very, very quickly is why I built this. And honestly, so I can use it for myself. Looks like our our rap research. So I found one Reddit thread, 19 expos, and the most popular rap songs right now. So it kind of dug in and into hip-hop heads, some expos, some billboard data, some Spotify data, hip-hop heads, hip-hop all day, rap complex, and created this uh this reply.

SPEAKER_01 3:52

So someone in the comment section is gonna be like, well, I could have used Perplexity or Chat GPT to do that. Why should I use this?

SPEAKER_00 4:00

Yeah, so you absolutely could, but it's uh and again, I'm I'm not fully up to date on which which tools have what access, but to set up last 30 days, so you need Cloud Code, right? So you're already paying for Cloud Code, right? So you need that account. You need a OpenAI key, because OpenAI has a deal with Reddit. It gives you that Reddit access. Uh I'm actually see looking into Reddit API keys, if that's an option to make the product better. That's what I was um that's one of the things my my weekend projects. And then the the third is you can't search X using your X account. You have to use an XAI key. And so last 30 days pulls in all these API keys and pulls it all together, if that makes sense. So this is one that I did right before we started. So I said last 30 days, highest performing cold email frameworks for ICP output three email variants subject line. So it went on X, went on Twitter, found Reddit threads, ex posts, web pages. And what's interesting how I use this tool is I often don't even read what it says. Like, sure, it's interesting to see what it learned, but mostly I just wanted to write a good email. So I said, can you write me some cold emails for getting on uh Greg Eisenberg's podcast? Uh sorry I spelled your name wrong. Good target. Startup ideas later, it's all about unconventional startup ideas, community building and found unique relevance. You know, what's your angle? What's your credibility signal? Any connection points to Greg, mutual follows. What timely? Uh talk about AI tools I'm working on. And I once made a smart oven. Uh smart oven details, gold, unexpected founders who shipped hardware and software. That's your hook. Here are three email variants. Subject, smart oven, AI tools, not the path of the Greg. I went from building smart oven to building AI tools. Might sound weird until you hear it. Turns out the hardest part of hardware taught me exactly what's broken and how people interact with AI. I'm building the fix. Katrina, what does Smart Oven taught me about AI? So anyway, I literally did nothing here. I barely gave it any context, and it had become expert in different cold emailing concepts. The three Ps framework, praise, picture push, ADA attention. I've never read any of these in my life. Intention-based data trigger framework. And then it just did it for me, if that makes sense, without even me having to read the research.

SPEAKER_01 6:25

Yeah, I think what's really cool about this is these frameworks. I mean, Ada has been around for forever, like you know, OG David Ogilvy days, but other than you know, the other ones, like it feels like those are timely frameworks. Like these emails, like I'm reading these emails, and they're I get a lot of cold email, and these are actually ones that would break through the noise. So that's what's really cool about this.

SPEAKER_00 6:51

And I didn't even give it much effort. I literally said, I'm a former smart oven entrepreneur. You couldn't have given it like less context. And it did okay. Yeah. And then another one I just tried last third days, how to get X followers. I researched people are actually saying. Um and what I learned, replies the number one growth strategy. Multiple X power users, all credit, becoming a reply guy as the fastest path to growth. Shows 30, 80 thoughtful replies, daily engagement. Find larger accounts, reply first, consistently, post at least one X a day, five days a week. Um Reddit threads, X threads, Instagram marketing, Facebook ads, and share your vision. What's your account and what's type of followers? Uh I'm M van Horn and I made an AI tool for Claude Code. I don't know what's going to do now.

SPEAKER_01 7:47

That's the exciting part.

SPEAKER_00 7:50

Let's spin off another last 30 days window. Sorry for all the all the windows. So alright, so last 30 days of research. Claude ClaudeBot so I can build an enterprise competitor to make money and not give it away for free. Maybe I'm giving too much context, but I should have just said research claud bot. Um I should do that.

SPEAKER_01 8:26

I mean, what do you recommend when you're, you know, is it shorter prompts, medium prompts, long prompts? Like how do you getting the most out of it?

SPEAKER_00 8:34

I think it's a it's kind of you prime the engine by first doing just research cloudbot top use cases. So what my my vision for this thread of what we're gonna do is it's gonna learn about Claudbot, right? Check X, check Reddit, and then what I'm gonna do is actually load one of my favorite tools, compound engineering. Uh shout out to Kevin Rose for introducing me to it. And compound engineering is when I'm starting a new project, is where I do my planning. And so what I want to do here is take this research on from last 30 days from ClaudeBot and use that as the starting point to kick off a enterprise version of ClaudeBot and to build it. So let's let's let this run and see how our other stuff is going. All right. I'm in where I'm in AA tool for Claude Code. AA tools are hot right now. Here's a growth playbook for you. Morning, 4050 for your first post. Reply to Teddy from Anthropic, Alex Albert, Birch Labs, Cloud Power users, add genuine value, share a tip, ask a smart question, content type, tool demo, build X today, what it does. Claude code tip. Five things I learned X. Build it public ship. By the way, I I'm not gonna do this. I think this was just uh I actually asked ChatGPT for suggestions of what I should demo on your show, and it gave me this one. But quickest wins, pin your best demo tweet, show the tool in action, bio formula, iBuild tool, one line ago, shipping AI tools for cloud code. That's not bad. No, it's it's not bad. So all right, let's close this one out. Alright, we got Claud Code best using overnight coding agent management, daily briefings and morning. Do you want to dive deeper? Okay, so now I'm gonna call in another tool. Let's plan throw in workflows plan. Take the context above about ClaudeBot and propose an enterprise version that could make a lot of money. Just do that. Keep it simple. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 10:39

I mean, this is this is interesting, right? Like, you know, you're taking a trend, open source trend, and you're like, okay, how can I build a product that you know gets me paid? And it's interesting because there's so many trends that are happening right now on X as like a data source and Reddit as a data source that you know if this if this is actually good, it's gonna help give you ideas and and sort of eventually a PRD, right?

SPEAKER_00 11:07

Yep. Anyway, so it's still make it our plan. It's researching still, doing an analysis. So we'll see where that adds up. But anyway, do you want to try a last 30-day prompt?

SPEAKER_01 11:19

Yeah. I mean, I'm curious, like, I mean, you you're seeing all the all these prompts. So like the people that listen to this show, these are people, these are founders, solopreneurs, people building businesses. Um they're always looking for unfair advantages. Um like what sort of what sort of prompt do you would you suggest that type of person, someone who wants to build a business? Um you know, is it competitive research? Is it um you know what what are some ideas you have?

SPEAKER_00 11:52

Good good question. Um I mean I think it's it's very good for competitive research. I think it's very good for looking at at hot topics. Um, I think it's you know, we could probably do something like uh let's try it for your your web design idea, right? You kind of describe poke.com, which I missed, right? So um what web page designs are getting the most love right now?

SPEAKER_01 12:23

Yeah, because that's interesting because if we you know knowing the trend is just so important. And uh it also helps like give you know when I'm when I'm designing something, it helps give me ideas. It gives it's so uh overwhelming sometimes when you have like a blank page and you don't know where to start.

SPEAKER_00 12:43

Yep.

SPEAKER_01 12:44

We've totally there.

SPEAKER_00 12:46

And I kind of my kind of the the the thing that inspired this tool was I used to before I would uh jump into any type of vibe coding session, I would go on uh Chat GPT 5.2 and I would just say in thinking mode and be like go uh this was for design, I would say go on Reddit and research Nano Banana Pro best uh prompting techniques, and I would do that at the beginning, and then I wouldn't even read what it would say, and then I would just be like, okay, give me a prompt. And so it's it's kind of this like hack of learning kung fu, learning the prompts that everyone's using without actually needing to read about it, if that makes sense. You could kind of just like, okay, let's just trust the the mind crowd, the the world that's out there, and and use those best practices. Alright, we've got a plan. Let's uh I guess let's open the plan in uh BB Edit.

SPEAKER_01 13:51

Alright. So this is the plan for the audio listeners.

SPEAKER_00 13:55

So this is the plan for the Mulbot Enterprise Commercial SaaS platform. So again, this is not a business plan, this is actually a plan to how to build the software architecture, and I can just then tell compound engineering to just go build it. So transform Multbot, formally called into an open source AI for a multi-tenant enterprise SaaS platform called Multbot Enterprise or Claude Cloud. This capitalizes on the viral growth, GitHub Stars, B2B adoption, enterprise AI assistance, R30, blah, blah, blah. Why enterprise can't use Moltbot today? No multi-tense, no RBA, security vulnerabilities, no audit logging. Movewise required by ServiceNow for market validation, proposed solution of fully managed enterprise grade multbot commercial. I really don't like the name Cloud Cloud. Come on. Come on, LLM. Cloud Architecture, Slack Webhook, Discord Gateway, TeamHooks, Message Rader Core Technical Components. And so kind of it used last 30 days as the basis for its expertise to learn about Moltbot. And then it did the rest. And now I could just say, okay, build it.

SPEAKER_01 15:10

So dude, that's crazy. It also that that was a pretty that was pretty dialed. Like that was pretty dialed. I got it.

SPEAKER_00 15:19

I'm impressed. And LLMs knew nothing about ClaudeBot because it didn't exist before. It didn't exist till very, very recently. Phase one only, build a multi-tenant foundation, post-crash full MVP. I guess let's uh let's build the proof of concept.

SPEAKER_01 15:43

So so basically, you know, it asked if you wanted to do an MVP, it asked if you want to do a bigger build. Is that what is that what I saw?

SPEAKER_00 15:50

Yeah, exactly. And so I just said, okay, let's just do the the demo. Yeah. Type something else. New repo. Also, can you please give it a better name? Greg, you're you're you live in this world. What should we call this thing? I mean, why not just I actually don't hate uh Claude Cloud. It just well, they got in trouble for using Claude. Exactly.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

So why not just call them Molt Cloud?

SPEAKER_00 16:18

But then we're getting in trouble with Molt.

SPEAKER_01 16:21

Molt? Um okay, so why don't we call it Should we go lobster? Um I was gonna say that why don't we call it Red Lobster?

SPEAKER_00 16:32

But I think that makes it let's go with let's go with lead speak. Let's go with red lava. That's cool. This describes a 40-week product row subveys. What scope do you want to do? I don't know. Just just do it. Just do it. Why are you asking so many questions? All right. Um, all right, what do we ask here? What web designs are getting the most love right now? Um the most love Shopify Winner Edition. Yes, I remember I saw that one. That was really that was really awesome.

SPEAKER_01 17:02

That was beautiful.

SPEAKER_00 17:04

Look, 3,000 likes, 320 retweets, the YC landing page. So what's funny is I saw this, I didn't actually look at it yet, but I saw that it was getting love and hype. Praise for scrappy humble beginnings, shop, web landing, allward like jewelry, craftworks design. All agents reported back. Reddit didn't find anything. Topic too visual for text discussions, but found uh what tool do you want to use to create design? So it's like, okay, now that I've researched these things, uh, what do you what do you want to design in? Right? Um so it's kind of it's kind of pushing you to be like, okay, I've now learned this expertise. Now let's do something with it.

SPEAKER_01 17:44

So you so this could literally pump out a Figma design? Is that possible?

SPEAKER_00 17:49

Uh I I haven't spent enough time in Figma in an in the AI era. All my Figma time was pre-AI. So I don't know what like prompting Figma even means in 2026. But uh I don't know, I could just say one and see what happens. Now what are you designing? All right, now it's it's diving in. Um a portfolio landing page for productivity app is fine. One of the suggestions.

SPEAKER_01 18:19

This is what are you designing? A SaaS landing page, a portfolio site, an e-commerce homepage for skincare brand, agency website hero. And then so I keep coming back to this, but it's it is impressive how little you're giving, like how short your prompts are.

SPEAKER_00 18:38

Here we go. Here's a prompt for Figma. Apparently that's a thing. 2026 forward trend. Design a land that feels warm and human, not cold SAST, but layout anti-grid composition. Here are sections asymmetrical balance, headline left, product screenshots floating right at angle, sections below flow organic with varied spacing, not rigid, 12 column uniformity. Typography, one oversized display headline paired with small body text, add a single hand-drawn underline or circle accent on the keyword, consider variable, font like Satoshi or General Sans. Nature Disilled, warm cream background, charcoal text, one muted accent, avoid harsh pure white or saturated blues, glass morphism element, feature card. I want to see this. I it's too bad I don't have Figma AI setup.

SPEAKER_01 19:24

But um that's pretty cool. Let's see if it can do this for like a nanobanana prompt. Like, hey, you know, I wonder if it can do that. Can you make this a nano banana pro prompt? Yep, but I didn't ask it to become expert in a nano banana.

SPEAKER_00 19:45

But I didn't ask it to become a nanobanana prompt expert, so who knows what's gonna happen.

SPEAKER_01 19:50

Yeah. Back to Telegram and let's see what happens. We should get three images your maltbot is typing. That's a cool feeling, like watching your maltbot type.

SPEAKER_00 20:07

Someone needs to visualize that with like a lobster on a keyboard.

SPEAKER_01 20:16

Why did you choose Telegram over iMessage or Discord or something else?

SPEAKER_00 20:23

Because my LLM told me to. Uh because I'm I'm on a $4 a month shell account. Uh for my I I don't have the Mac Mac mini setup. And so um the um you can't use iMessage or WhatsApp, I believe, when you're just on a shell. I think you need to run some sort of Mac software. And so Telegram seems to be the default where you when you don't have that.

SPEAKER_01 20:50

And for people who don't know what a shell account is, can you can you just expand on that?

SPEAKER_00 20:54

Yeah, sorry. Uh by the way, this is our Claudbot competitor that it's building. I don't know what is going on or what it's building. It's adding a demo script showing tenant isolation, then oh, it'd already set up TypeScript and Node.js. That's nice. Wow, that's cool. There we go. Oh yeah. Not bad. Yeah, that was pretty solid. And again, that was by using slash last 30 days. What are the hottest web page designs that the world is excited about right now? Like what's trendy? And then okay, now use that to for my SAS productivity app. I like how it like circled random words. Flow effortlessly more. That's awesome. Yeah, I like that it feels like hand-drawn. It's uh it's pretty wild. It's it's wild times. It's uh the rate at what we're we're able to build things and how fast things change is absolutely wild.

SPEAKER_01 21:54

So, Matt, tell to this has been fun. Um, you know, if people want to get started. They wanna like what advice do you have, you know, in terms of getting the most out of this product?

SPEAKER_00 22:08

Yeah, so one of the things I'll say is I uh I am not a software engineer. I have not shipped anything of value since high school. And I could argue the web pages I was shipping in high school were not of value either, but at least I could write some some basic HTML or some basic scripts. And so what's uh what's amazing is being uh not a software engineer and being able to go into Cloud Code. Like it seems intimidating. You're in the terminal, setting up a Claud Bot seems intimidating. And my recommendation for starting out is set up set up Cloud Code. It's magical. Sign up for the $20 account. If you'll be on the $100 and the $200 account probably real soon if you're uh if you're successful. Um and and what I what I do is I um have keep a chat GPT window open to ask questions to. And so I'm kind of moving back and forth and posting lots of screenshots, be like, there's some error, I don't know what's going on, help me. And so chat GPT 5.2 thinking will be like, okay, great. In your shell, in your terminal, this is what's going on, this is why it broke. And I'm like, okay, great, what do I do? Help. And then it's just like copy this into the terminal. I'm like, okay, and I again don't even have to read it, don't have to overthink it. And so kind of just like screenshot trial and error back and forth between chat GPT and my terminal. And like I couldn't figure out actually how to post screenshots into my terminal, so I asked ChatGPT. And it's like, oh, you have to use control V instead of Command V. And then once that that was the biggest unlock for me in the terminal, figuring out that I could post screenshots with control V. And anyway, so I recommend getting into Cloud Code and and try last 30 days, obviously, uh, because it it gives you superpowers, but use tools like compound engineering, use skills like uh there's another one called Superpowers, which is getting a lot of love right now. And you just kind of enter these plan modes and you try and you build things. And I had this idea for the last 30 days, and I've never looked at the code for the skill that I wrote, quote unquote. And it was just a lot of trial and error and running more and more terminal windows and testing it and testing it, and being like, hey, figure out how I can get access to this API. Hey, figure out how I can do this, hey, how can my users do this? And going from there.

SPEAKER_01 24:38

I love that, man. Well, I'll include uh a link to last 30 days in the show notes, in the description, link where where you can follow Matt Van Horn on X. And dude, this is this is really cool, and it's crazy that this is just sort of like a project that you started and it's gaining so much traction. And I think people are just you know obsessed with Claude Code for you know for good reason. Um, but I think people are just trying to get the most out of it. So this this came at a a very perfect time and and uh can't wait to see how it evolves. And thanks for doing a little show and tell for us.

SPEAKER_00 25:15

Yeah, of course. It was fun being here. Thank you so much, Craig.

SPEAKER_01 25:18

I appreciate it, Matt. Till next time.