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

🚀 Join my community to build and launch real apps with AI @ https://www.skool.com/aiapps/about 💡 Get 150+ validated app ideas and the prompts to build FREE @ https://readytobuild.app/ 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 Follow on social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashbychris/ https://x.com/chris_bgp