Layer Your Instructions

Where you'll practice this

2 Promptles scenarios teach this principle directly. Each one drops you into a real engineering ticket and asks you to write the prompt you'd send to Claude Code.

• Full-Stack Sprint

  You need to add a "like" button to blog posts. This means: a new API endpoint `POST /api/posts/:id/like`, a database query to increment the like count, and a React button component that calls the endpoint and updates the UI optimistically.

• The Admin Dashboard

  You want a simple internal admin page as a single HTML file called `dashboard.html`. It should fetch user data from your REST API at `GET /api/users` (which returns a JSON array of objects with fields: `name`, `email`, `role`, `last_login`). Display the users in a sortable HTML…

Other principles in Multi-Step

• Architect Before You Ask

• Ask for a Plan First

  Request a plan before any multi-file change — approve the approach, then let it code.

• Break the Workflow into Steps

  Number each step so Claude builds pieces, not monoliths.

• Combine Context with Action

• Coordinate Across Files

• Delegate to a Subagent

  Spawn a subagent for research-heavy subtasks; brief it on scope, limits, and report shape.