I started asking Claude what I might be missing
- Published
- 09/04, 08:57
- First discovered
- 09/04, 14:00
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A user has found a surprisingly useful way to interact with Claude by presenting a decision they are already leaning towards and asking it to identify flaws in their reasoning. Instead of asking for a decision, they prompt Claude with "Here's what I'm planning to do. What am I probably overlooking?" This approach sometimes reveals actual issues or confirms that their existing reasoning is sound. The user believes this method provides more value than having Claude make decisions for them, particularly for work or project-related choices.
One thing I’ve started doing with Claude that’s surprisingly useful is giving it a decision I’m already leaning toward and asking it to find the holes in my thinking.
Not “what should I do?”
More like:
“Here’s what I’m planning to do. What am I probably overlooking?”
Sometimes it catches an actual issue.
Other times it points out something I already considered, which is useful too because it tells me the reasoning is at least holding up.
I think I get more value from that than asking it to make the decision for me.
Does anyone else use Claude this way, especially when making work or project decisions?