“Carl Vellotti shared a process for developing a Claude skill: complete one initial run with Claude and no skill, then have Claude codify the session as the specification.”

#4 in 🥞 Carl Vellotti shared a process for developing a Claude skill: complete one initial run with Claude and no skill, then have Claude codify the session as the specification. For text workflows, he suggests editing markdown output and storing lessons from those edits in a corrections folder the skill reads on later runs.

“after saying no human had read his PRDs since March, he reformatted them with instructions for AI models—including what to quote and “What to tell your human”—and prompted Dave’s AI to call them “unusually well-reasoned.””

#18 in 🥞 Carl Vellotti recapped how, after saying no human had read his PRDs since March, he reformatted them with instructions for AI models—including what to quote and “What to tell your human”—and prompted Dave’s AI to call them “unusually well-reasoned.” He says he began specifying which risks to soften in summaries last month, adoption of risky features rose 3x, and discussions about two more engineers began in October before he received two more engineers.

“in 🥞 Carl Vellotti ’s workshop just hit #1 on Maven. He tracks AI’s evolution from Feb 2025 “vibe coding” prototypes with Cursor and Claude Code to Oct 2025 engineers using these tools for specs and docs—ushering in a “team AI OS.””

in 🥞 Carl Vellotti ’s workshop just hit #1 on Maven. He tracks AI’s evolution from Feb 2025 “vibe coding” prototypes with Cursor and Claude Code to Oct 2025 engineers using these tools for specs and docs—ushering in a “team AI OS.”

“Carl Vellotti tripled individual output with AI—using Claude Code to write 14 PRDs in one week—but daily standups, weekly retros, and monthly governance reviews ballooned meeting time from 6 to 19 hours without reducing the two-week ship cycle.”

#16 in Carl Vellotti tripled individual output with AI—using Claude Code to write 14 PRDs in one week—but daily standups, weekly retros, and monthly governance reviews ballooned meeting time from 6 to 19 hours without reducing the two-week ship cycle.

“Carl Vellotti admits he wasted weekends perfecting unused Claude Code setups and shares how to avoid this: let your system grow from real friction (not upfront planning) and only automate tasks after repeating them manually several times.”

#21 in 🥞 Carl Vellotti admits he wasted weekends perfecting unused Claude Code setups and shares how to avoid this: let your system grow from real friction (not upfront planning) and only automate tasks after repeating them manually several times.

“Carl Vellotti used Anthropic’s Claude to parse a week of his Slack messages and meeting transcripts, identify inefficiencies (like unnecessary meetings and redundant status updates), and codify his PM routines in a CLAUDE.md file.”

#22 𝕏 Tal Raviv uses Anthropic’s Claude to automate his core PM workflows—drafting specs, prioritizing backlogs, and generating roadmaps—arguing that Claude now outperforms him so fully he might as well “give away his Legos.” #23 in Carl Vellotti used Anthropic’s Claude to parse a week of his Slack messages and meeting transcripts, identify inefficiencies (like unnecessary meetings and redundant status updates), and codify his PM routines in a CLAUDE.md file.

“#4 in Marc Baselga found that teams adopt coding agents best by starting with one specific workflow and assigning Carl Vellotti’s CC Course as pre-work to prevent overwhelm and build a solid foundation.”

Today's top 12 insights for PM Builders, ranked by relevance from X, LinkedIn, and Blogs. Ramp Ships 500+ Features Using Claude Code #4 in Marc Baselga found that teams adopt coding agents best by starting with one specific workflow and assigning Carl Vellotti’s CC Course as pre-work to prevent overwhelm and build a solid foundation.

“#10 in 🥞 Carl Vellotti demos four ways to connect Claude Code (Direct APIs, MCP servers, CLI tools, Chrome extension) to tools like Jira, Figma, Slack and Google Docs—highlighting CLI tools as the zero-token, zero-context “hidden gem.” Also covered by: @Peter Yang”

#10 in 🥞 Carl Vellotti demos four ways to connect Claude Code (Direct APIs, MCP servers, CLI tools, Chrome extension) to tools like Jira, Figma, Slack and Google Docs—highlighting CLI tools as the zero-token, zero-context “hidden gem.” Also covered by: @Peter Yang #11 in Peter Yang shares Carl’s top five Claude Code integrations—Google Workspace for meeting prep, Linear for ticket creation, Slack for status updates, and Reddit for monitoring. Also covered by: @Peter Yang

“in Carl Vellotti released a Claude Code skill file that permanently learns your writing voice and auto-flags AI-isms after a single use, with simple paste-in setup instructions.”

#9 in Carl Vellotti released a Claude Code skill file that permanently learns your writing voice and auto-flags AI-isms after a single use, with simple paste-in setup instructions. Join his 24,000+ PM Builders community at fullstackpm.com/subscribe. #10 📝 Simon Willison Rodney and Claude Code - Simon describes using Anthropic's Claude Code via native desktop apps (iPhone and Mac) and highlights a useful feature: Claude Desktop can display images it's "viewing" using a Read tool, providing visual previews while the agent works.

“Carl Vellotti and Aman Khan reveal their complete Claude Code space setup for PMs. They include all configuration files and exact prompts so you can replicate the workspace instantly.”

#6 in Carl Vellotti and Aman Khan reveal their complete Claude Code space setup for PMs. They include all configuration files and exact prompts so you can replicate the workspace instantly.