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# Use code comments as prompts for Claude

Sep 2025 / 21,541 views / [via X](https://x.com/iannuttall/status/1967586619487367603)

Claude Code pro tip:

use comment directives in your code like mini-prompts Claude can use to find & act on

this is a nice way to have contextual prompts that keep you in your codebase so you know what's going on - but use AI to act on them!

via @giuseppegurgone (link below)

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[https://giuseppegurgone.com/comment-directives-claude-code](https://giuseppegurgone.com/comment-directives-claude-code)

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