Prompt, Plan, Review, Revise (First Session Skills)

This guide by Claude Blattman presents a four-step iterative loop for Claude Code workflows designed for researchers and managers. The loop consists of: structuring thinking with the /prompt command, planning with Plan mode via Shift+Tab, stress-testing with /review-plan (a fresh agent reviews the plan without conversation history), and closing the loop with /done (capturing decisions for session continuity).

The key insight is that Claude reviewing its own plan in the same conversation is like asking someone to peer-review their own paper—the /review-plan tool solves this by spinning up a separate agent cold. The author demonstrates the workflow's effectiveness by building a functional website in 90 minutes on airplane WiFi, with the review step catching structural problems, navigation issues, and accessibility gaps.