Re:Shall I implement it? No
by mikepurvis on Thursday March 12, 2026 @06:52PM
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I've been using chat and copilot for many months but finally gave claude code a go, and I've been interested how it does seem to have a bit more of an attitude to it. Like copilot is just endlessly patient for every little nitpick and whim you have, but I feel like Claude is constantly like "okay I'm committing and pushing now.... oh, oh wait, you're blocking me. What is it you want this time bro?"
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Re:Shall I implement it? No
by nineteen999 on Thursday March 12, 2026 @07:21PM
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"Don't act, just a question" works for me.
Try /btw
Re:Shall I implement it? No
by nineteen999 on Thursday March 12, 2026 @07:58PM
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That's not a thing in Claude ... so no.
Re:Shall I implement it? No
by andyferris on Thursday March 12, 2026 @08:08PM
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It's new
It is in Claude Code, specifically for this use case.
It's not really the same use case. It's a smaller model, it doesn't have tools, it can't investigate, etc. The only thing it can do is answer questions about whatever is in the current context.
It actually is, don't know for how long but it prompted me to try this a few days ago
Re:Shall I implement it? No
by nineteen999 on Friday March 13, 2026 @04:46PM
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Can't be rolled out to all users then yet, because I just get:
> Unknown skill: btw
Yesterday it was showing a hint in the corner to use "/btw" but when I first tried it I got this same error. About ten minutes later (?) I noticed it was still showing the same hint in the corner, so I tried it again and it worked. Seemed to be treated as a one-off question which doesn't alter the course of whatever it was already working on.
This is the prompt that Claude Code adds when you use /btw
https://github.com/Piebald-AI/claude-code-system-prompts/blo...
Re:Shall I implement it? No
by mikepurvis on Friday March 13, 2026 @10:05AM
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I found that helpful for a question but the btw query seemed to go to a subagent that couldn't interrupt or direct the main one. So it really was just for informational questions, not "hey what if we did x instead of y?"