Custom Claude Code Commands That Simplified My Coding Sessions

Late last year I wrote two articles about working with AI assistants across sessions. Both worked really well. Copy-paste the handover prompt. Update the docs at the end of the session. Archive completed items before the file gets unwieldy. Simple. Turns out though, it could be even simpler. About a month ago I started using Claude Code and discovered commands. Hang on, they're just prompts stored in files. New hammer looking for nails: you know the drill. I tried simplifying the continuation prompt. It became /next. I finished a bunch of tasks, which inevitably led to the next command: /archive. My TODO list was empty. I needed /todo to create new ones. TODO contained a growing list of noisy deferred ideas. This led to /idea. A handful of slash commands was far easier to remember. I've structured this article so you can point an AI at it to set up the files for you. What could be easier? The System at a Glance Four files in your project root: File Purpose CLAUDE.md Agent instructions.