Claude Code Agent Playbook: Build Agents, 32 Power Tricks, 6 Skills

Most people use Claude Code to do what they tell it to do. An agentic workflow flips that - you describe the goal and Claude figures out the steps, makes decisions, adapts, and asks clarifying questions before running. Here's how to build your first one for GTM work.

The three levels - where most teams are stuck

Level 1: Chat

Level 2: Building

Level 3: Agentic

CLAUDE.md - the most important setup file

What it is

What to put in yours

The three layers of agentic workflows

Layer 1: Workflows

Layer 2: The agent

Layer 3: Tools

How to build your first GTM agent workflow

Step 1: Use plan mode first

Step 2: Describe the goal, not the steps

Step 3: Iterate the plan before building

Step 4: Ask what workflows are available

The 5 mistakes that burn time

Don't do these

Pro tips for faster, better outputs

The ones that actually move the needle

32 tricks from beginner to power user level. No theory. Every one of these is something you can implement immediately.

Beginner tricks

1-10

Intermediate tricks

11-22

Pro tricks

23-32

Six skills. All copyable. Install each one once and it runs the same way every time. To install: copy the skill content, save as a .md file, go to Claude Code > Customise > Plugins > Create Plugin > Upload Plugin. Or paste directly into a Co-work session and say "Save this as a skill called [name]".

Skill 1: Skill Creator

What it does

Skill 2: Superpowers

What it does

Skill 3: Firecrawl - build lead lists from any website

What it does

Skill 4: NotebookLM + Claude Code

What it does

Skill 5: Context Mode

What it does

Skill 6: Claude Mem

What it does