I Kept Typing the Same Thing Every Day
Every morning I copied a 6-line instruction into my bot, something like: check yesterday's log, summarize only the failures in 3 lines, and ask me about anything you can't fix yourself. It took 3 minutes a day, which adds up to over an hour a month. One day I missed a line and the bot answered something completely off.
The Fix: A Slash Command File
In Claude Code, if you put a markdown file in a specific folder, its filename becomes a command. No coding needed.
1. Create a `.claude/commands` folder inside your working folder.
2. Inside it, create `morning.md` and paste in the instruction you normally copy.
3. Type `/morning` in the Claude Code input box.
Check yesterday's log.
Summarize only the failed items in 3 lines.
Do not fix anything you cannot fix yourself. Ask me instead.
Target date: $ARGUMENTS
If you add text after the command, like `/morning October 18`, it drops into the `$ARGUMENTS` spot.
Results
• 3 minutes of copy-paste became 5 seconds of typing.
• Zero missed instructions over two weeks.
• Short English names are the easiest to type.
Tip: Keep this folder in git, and the same commands show up on your Windows device and Mac mini after a sync.