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User shares 5 habits for safe Claude Code use in client work

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A Reddit user shared five habits to ensure safe and effective use of Claude Code for paid client work. These practices include conducting a read-only tour of the repository before making edits, writing acceptance tests first to define project completion, treating files within the repository as untrusted due to potential prompt injection, working on small, reviewable branches with minimal changes, and scoping projects appropriately for the tool's capabilities, starting with smaller tasks like static site fixes or test upgrades. AI

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User shares 5 habits for safe Claude Code use in client work

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Ok_Answer_5818 ·

    5 habits that made Claude Code safe enough to use on paid client work

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I've been using Claude Code for small freelance jobs and wanted to share what keeps it from going wrong:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Start every job with a read only tour.</strong> Ask it to explain the repo before it edits anything.</li> <li><strong>Wr…

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