Corporate Developer's Claude Workflow for Backend Development

A backend developer working at a large US finance company has shared their typical workflow with Claude AI for development tasks. The process involves structured interaction with Claude and specialized review tools.

Workflow Steps

The developer follows these specific steps:

• Start by giving Claude a detailed description of the task
• Provide specifications, documents, and internal wikis that may be useful for the task
• Ask Claude to create a working markdown document of the ongoing change
• Let Claude have its first attempt at the task
• Manually review and test the output
• Tweak as needed with additional prompting, ensuring Claude updates the working markdown document
• Once satisfied, use a codeReviewing agent that works off the .MD file with organizational-specific coding style guidelines
• Post for review and get Claude to analyze and respond to comments

The developer ends by asking the community for suggestions on additional optimization approaches.