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Claude prompts

The 25 Most-Searched Claude Topics, Each With a Copy-Paste Prompt and the Best Video

By Boboy Watson·Checked September 6, 2026·Ranked by vidIQ search volume

The short answer

The Claude prompts people search for most are not "Claude prompts for X" — every one of those gets under 750 YouTube searches a month. The real demand is for the features and use cases: Claude Cowork (1.01M monthly searches), Claude Skills (708K), Claude Code (351K), Artifacts, MCP, Agents, Projects, then marketing, business, prompt engineering, real estate, research. This page ranks the top 25 by real search volume, checked September 6, 2026, and gives each one a prompt you can paste and the one video that teaches it best.

Every time you go back and forth with Claude you pay for all of it — the question, the wrong answer, the retry. A proven prompt skips that; somebody else already paid for the mistakes. These are the 25 things people actually type into YouTube about Claude, with a starter prompt for each and the video I would send you to.

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25topics, ranked by real monthly YouTube searches
3,026,313combined monthly searches across the 25
50videos, every title and channel verified on September 6, 2026

How this list was made

Volumes are monthly YouTube search estimates from the vidIQ keyword tool, pulled on September 6, 2026 through my own account. Video picks follow one rule: Anthropic's own channel wins when it teaches the thing directly; otherwise the most-watched tutorial from the last six months that actually matches the search. Every video's title and channel was confirmed through YouTube's oEmbed endpoint the same day, so nothing here is misattributed. The prompts are mine — written to get a usable result on the first try, which is the whole point.

The 25, by search volume

#1Claude Cowork

Search: claude cowork · 1,012,648 YouTube searches a month

Hand Claude a folder and a job and let it work inside your files instead of pasting things into a chat.

You have access to the folder I connected. Before doing anything, list what is in it and tell me what you think the job is. Then do this: [describe the outcome — e.g. turn the 12 invoices into one spreadsheet with a total per client]. Save the result in the same folder with a clear filename and tell me exactly what you changed and what you did not touch.

Watch: Learn 80% of Claude Cowork in Under 20 Minutes — Jeff Su
Also good: Getting started with Claude Cowork — Claude (official)

#2Claude Skills

Search: claude skills · 707,610 YouTube searches a month

Stop re-teaching Claude the same job every session. A skill is a saved set of instructions it loads when the task matches.

Turn the way we just did [task] into a reusable skill. Write it as a SKILL.md with: a one-line description of when to use it, the exact steps in order, the checks to run before calling it done, and the two mistakes we hit this time and how to avoid them. Keep it under 300 words.

Watch: Claude Skills Tutorial (2026): Build, Run, and Share — Kevin Stratvert
Also good: What are skills? — Claude (official)

#3Claude Code

Search: how to use claude code · 351,270 YouTube searches a month

Build or fix software from the terminal by describing what you want, without writing the code yourself.

Before you write any code: read the project, then tell me in plain English how it is structured and where the thing I want to change lives. Then propose a plan in numbered steps and stop. I will say go. When I do, make the smallest change that works, run the tests, and show me the diff.

Watch: Claude Code - Full Tutorial for Beginners — Tech With Tim
Also good: Learn 80% of Claude Code in 10 Minutes (2026 Tutorial) — Sajjaad Khader

#4Claude for beginners

Search: claude for beginners · 166,772 YouTube searches a month

Get a first useful result today without learning the whole product.

I am new to this. Here is my situation: [two sentences about you and what you are trying to get done]. Ask me up to three questions that would change your answer, then give me one concrete thing to do today, written so I can finish it in under an hour.

Watch: Claude AI Tutorial for Beginners (Step-by-Step) — Kevin Stratvert
Also good: Getting started with Claude.ai — Anthropic (official)

#5Claude Artifacts

Search: claude artifacts · 125,629 YouTube searches a month

Get a working page, tool, or document you can see and use, not a wall of text.

Build this as a single self-contained HTML artifact I can open on my phone: [what it does]. Use plain, readable design, no external libraries, and put every setting I might want to change as a clearly labelled variable at the top of the code. When it works, tell me the three things you would improve next and stop.

Watch: How to Use Claude Artifacts (Full Tutorial) — Kevin Stratvert
Also good: Claude Artifacts: What They Are and How to Use Them (2026) — The AI Productivity Coach

#6Claude MCP (connecting tools)

Search: claude mcp · 125,629 YouTube searches a month

Plug Claude into your real tools — calendar, files, a database, a web scraper — so it can act, not just talk.

I want Claude to be able to [read my calendar / search the web / query my database]. Tell me: which MCP server does this, whether it is official or community, what it needs from me (keys, logins), what it can and cannot do, and the one-paragraph config I paste. Then give me a single test command that proves it is connected.

Watch: you need to learn MCP RIGHT NOW!! (Model Context Protocol) — NetworkChuck
Also good: MCP in Claude Code — Claude (official)

#7Claude agents

Search: claude agents · 108,188 YouTube searches a month

Set up Claude to run a multi-step job on its own, checking its own work, instead of you driving every step.

Design an agent for this recurring job: [job]. Define the trigger, the inputs it needs, the steps in order, the checks that must pass before it is allowed to finish, and what it should do when a check fails. Then tell me the one thing that could go wrong that I would not notice for a week.

Watch: How to Build an AI Agent with Claude Code — AI Master
Also good: How to Build Claude Agent Teams Better Than 99% of People — Nate Herk | AI Automation

#8Claude Projects

Search: claude projects · 103,138 YouTube searches a month

Give Claude the background once — your brand, your rules, your files — so every chat starts already briefed.

Write the project instructions for a Claude Project about [my business / my book / my channel]. Include: who I am in two lines, who the audience is, the voice rules with one example each of do and don't, the facts that must never be changed, and what to ask me before starting any new piece of work. Keep it under 400 words so it does not eat the context.

Watch: Getting started with projects in Claude.ai — Anthropic (official)
Also good: How to Use Claude Projects (Full Tutorial) — Kevin Stratvert

#9Claude for marketing

Search: claude for marketing · 66,734 YouTube searches a month

Campaign copy, hooks, and a content calendar that sounds like you, not like an AI.

Here are three things I wrote that sound like me: [paste]. Study the rhythm and word choice. Now write [a launch email / 10 hooks / a 30-day content calendar] for [product] aimed at [who]. Match my voice. For each piece, give me one line on why it should work, and flag any claim I would need to prove.

Watch: Master Claude for Marketing in 72 Minutes (FULL COURSE) — Brock Mesarich | AI for Non Techies
Also good: Claude Code: Build Your Full AI Marketing Team — Grace Leung

#10Claude for business

Search: claude for business · 44,774 YouTube searches a month

Run the boring parts of a small business — proposals, SOPs, follow-ups — without hiring for them yet.

I run [type of business], solo. List every recurring task in my week that takes over 30 minutes and is mostly the same each time. For the top three, write the standard operating procedure you would follow to do it for me, and tell me what you would need access to. Be honest about which ones you should not be trusted with yet.

Watch: How I'd Start a 1-Person Business With Claude AI in 30 Days — Jordan Welch
Also good: FULL 3 HOUR COURSE: Automate Your Business With Claude AI — KJ Rainey

#11Prompt engineering for Claude

Search: claude prompt engineering · 32,362 YouTube searches a month

Get the answer right the first time instead of the fifth.

Before answering, restate the task in one sentence and list any assumptions you are making. If an assumption would change the answer, ask instead of guessing. Then answer. At the end, separate what you verified from what you inferred.

Watch: Prompting 101 | Code w/ Claude — Anthropic (official)
Also good: How Anthropic Engineers ACTUALLY Prompt Claude Code — Austin Marchese

#12Claude for real estate

Search: claude for real estate · 29,708 YouTube searches a month

Listing descriptions, follow-up sequences, and market summaries that do not read like every other agent's.

Write a listing description for [address / property type, beds, baths, sqft, three real standout features, neighbourhood]. Rules: no 'nestled', no 'boasts', no exclamation marks. Lead with the one thing a buyer will remember. Then give me a 5-message follow-up sequence for open-house visitors, each under 60 words.

Watch: Claude AI for Real Estate Agents: Complete Beginner's Guide — Coffee & Contracts | Real Estate Marketing
Also good: Claude AI for Real Estate Agents: The ONLY Clear Tutorial — Mike Sherrard

#13Claude for research

Search: claude for research · 26,430 YouTube searches a month

A researched answer with sources you can actually click, not a confident paragraph.

Research [question]. Rules: cite a source for every factual claim, prefer primary sources (the company's own page, the study itself, the statute) over articles about them, and tell me the date each source was last updated. Where sources disagree, show me both and say which you trust more and why. End with what you could not verify.

Watch: Getting started with research in Claude.ai — Anthropic (official)
Also good: How To Use Claude For Academic Research (My Actual AI Stack) — Prof. David Stuckler

#14Claude for content creation

Search: claude ai for content creation · 23,524 YouTube searches a month

Turn one idea or one recording into a month of posts without it all sounding the same.

Here is the transcript of one video I made: [paste]. Pull out every distinct idea in it. For each idea, write one short-form hook (under 12 words), one caption, and note which platform it fits best and why. Do not invent claims that are not in the transcript. Tell me which idea is strongest and which one I should cut.

Watch: How to Create 30 Days of Content in under 60 Minutes Using AI — Modern Millie
Also good: How I Use Claude to Automate 99% of Content Creation — Jason Lee

#15Claude for job applications

Search: claude ai for job application · 19,591 YouTube searches a month

A resume and cover letter matched to the actual posting, without lying about you.

Here is the job posting: [paste]. Here is my current resume: [paste]. First, list the requirements in the posting and mark each one as: I clearly meet it / I partly meet it / I do not meet it. Then rewrite my resume to lead with the ones I clearly meet, using their vocabulary. Do not add anything I did not do. Then write a cover letter under 250 words that names one specific thing about this company.

Watch: How to Use Claude AI for Job Applications in 2026 — Ani Björkström | AI for Finance professionals
Also good: How to Make a Resume with Claude AI — Resume Sector

#16The best all-purpose Claude prompt

Search: best claude prompts · 12,887 YouTube searches a month

One prompt that makes any answer better.

Answer this, then critique your own answer as if you were an expert who disagrees with it. List the three weakest points. Then give me a revised answer that fixes them. Show me only the revised answer and the three fixes.

Watch: Use Claude Better Than 99% of People (Beginner to Pro) — Futurepedia
Also good: 7 Secret Prompts That Make Claude CODE 10x Better — Sabrina Ramonov

#17How to prompt Claude

Search: how to prompt claude · 11,776 YouTube searches a month

The habit that separates people who get good results from people who keep retrying.

I am going to describe what I want. Before you do it, tell me what a bad version of the result would look like and what a great version would look like, in two lines each. Wait for me to confirm which one I mean. Then do it. Here is the task: [task].

Watch: Stop Prompting Claude. Use Karpathy's Method Instead. — Austin Marchese
Also good: Learn To Prompt Like A PRO With Claude Ai In 5 Minutes — Darrel Wilson

#18Claude for coding

Search: claude for coding · 11,645 YouTube searches a month

Fix the bug without Claude rewriting half the file.

Here is the error: [paste]. Here is the file: [paste]. Do not rewrite the file. Tell me the single most likely cause in one sentence, show me the smallest change that fixes it as a diff, and tell me how to confirm it worked. If you are not sure, say so and give me the one test that would tell us.

Watch: I Have Spent 1000+ Hours With Claude Code. This Is What I Learned — The Coding Sloth
Also good: Claude Code Tutorial for Beginners — Kevin Stratvert

#19Claude for writing

Search: claude for writing · 11,540 YouTube searches a month

An editor, not a ghostwriter — keep your voice, lose the weak lines.

Edit this without changing my voice: [paste]. Rules: do not add adjectives, do not add sentences, do not 'improve' my word choice unless a word is wrong. Cut anything that repeats. Mark every change with brackets so I can see it. Then tell me the one paragraph that is doing the least work.

Watch: Claude Cowork: The Ultimate AI Agent for Writers (Full Tutorial) — The Nerdy Novelist
Also good: Write a Book with Claude AI (EASY Step-by-Step Tutorial) — AI Writing School

#20Claude for data analysis

Search: claude for data analysis · 9,165 YouTube searches a month

Real answers from a spreadsheet, with the math shown so you can check it.

Here is my data: [attach or paste]. First, tell me what each column is and flag anything that looks wrong (blanks, duplicates, outliers). Then answer: [question]. Show the calculation, not just the number. If the answer depends on how I define something, ask me before assuming.

Watch: How to Use Claude for Excel (Step-by-Step Tutorial) — Kevin Stratvert
Also good: How I Use Claude Code as a Data Analyst (10 Real Use Cases) — Ryan & Matt Data Science

#21Claude for social media

Search: claude ai for social media · 8,611 YouTube searches a month

Posts that fit each platform instead of one caption pasted everywhere.

Here is the idea: [idea]. Write it five ways: a TikTok/Reel script under 45 seconds with the first line as the hook, an Instagram caption, an X post under 200 characters, a LinkedIn post that opens with the lesson, and a YouTube community post that asks one question. Each must be able to stand alone. No hashtags unless I ask.

Watch: Claude Cowork Runs My Social Media (And Built a 2M Audience) — Marketing Against the Grain
Also good: Claude For Social Media: The FULL Course (2.5 Hours, Free) — Grow with Alex

#22Claude Cowork prompts that save credits

Search: claude cowork prompts · 5,206 YouTube searches a month

Fewer round trips. Every retry costs usage — so front-load the checks.

Before you start, tell me your plan in five lines or fewer and the one thing you are unsure about. I will answer once. Then do the whole job without stopping to ask again, and hand me the result with a short list of what you decided on your own.

Watch: STOP Wasting Credits & Master Claude Cowork in 8 Minutes — Parker Prompts
Also good: Claude Cowork: Top 5 Tips for Productivity — Jeff Su

#23Claude system prompts

Search: claude system prompt · 4,839 YouTube searches a month

Understand what a system prompt is, and write one for your own use case.

Write a system prompt for an assistant that does exactly one job: [job]. Include who it serves, the format every answer must take, what it must refuse, and how it handles a question outside its job. Then give me three test questions — one normal, one edge case, one it should refuse — and the answers I should expect.

Watch: Claude's system prompt is 17,000 words. Here's why. — Squintist
Also good: How Anthropic Engineers ACTUALLY Prompt Claude Code — Austin Marchese

#24Claude for lawyers

Search: claude for lawyers · 3,372 YouTube searches a month

Summaries and first drafts that respect the fact that you, not the AI, sign the work.

Summarise this document for a lawyer who has not read it: [paste]. Structure: parties, what each side is obligated to do, deadlines and dates, anything unusual or one-sided, and questions you would raise. Quote the exact clause for every point. Do not give legal advice; give me the map of the document.

Watch: Claude for Lawyers: Every Feature You Should Know in 2026 — Liam Barnes
Also good: Working Like a Lawyer with Claude — Claude (official)

#25Claude for musicians

Search: claude for music · 3,265 YouTube searches a month

My lane. Release plans, split sheets, lyric timing, metadata — the paperwork side of music, done right.

I am releasing a song on [date] through [distributor]. Build me the release checklist in order with dates counted back from release day: registrations (PRO, MLC, SoundExchange), split sheet, metadata (ISRC, UPC), pre-save, content pieces. For each item say what it costs, where I do it, and what happens if I skip it. US only. Cite the source page for every fee.

Watch: The Day Claude Code for Musicians Changed My Life Forever — Busy Works Beats
Also good: Splice Now Inside Claude - Full Walkthrough — Splice

What nobody is searching for

Every "Claude prompts for [job]" phrase I checked — coding, business, students, content creators, YouTube, social media, writing a book — came back under 750 monthly searches. People do not search for prompt lists. They search for the feature (Cowork, Skills, Code, Projects) or the outcome (marketing, research, a job). If you make content about Claude, that is the lesson: name the feature or the outcome, not the word "prompts".

Questions people ask

Do these prompts work in ChatGPT or Gemini?

Mostly, yes — they are plain instructions, not Claude-specific syntax. The ones about Cowork, Skills, Projects and Artifacts name Claude features that other tools call something else or lack.

Why is the volume for "claude prompts" so low if this page ranks by it?

Because that is what the data shows. "Claude prompts" gets about 12,700 searches a month; "claude cowork" gets a million. The page is ranked by what people search, not by what I wish they searched.

How often is this updated?

Volumes move fast on new features. The check date is in the byline; when I re-pull the numbers the date changes.

What is in the email pack?

Twelve prompts I run in my own sessions and three skills written as SKILL.md files. They are about working method — verifying before asserting, laying out options before building, logging the day — not about any one job.

Get the prompts I actually use

Twelve prompts and three skills from real sessions. Drop your email at the top of the page and you go straight to them.

References

  1. vidIQ — keyword research tool (search volumes) — retrieved September 6, 2026
  2. YouTube oEmbed endpoint (video title and channel verification) — retrieved September 6, 2026

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