By Teresa Torres · producttalk.org · @ttorres on X · LinkedIn
Teresa Torres describes her daily workflow of pair-working with Claude Code over the past five months, from task pulling and research digests to drafting articles and producing podcasts. She argues the productivity gains come from using AI to amplify what she is already good at, not only from automating chores. The piece offers a framework for deciding which tasks to automate versus augment, built around questions about frequency, enjoyment, complexity, judgment, definition of done, and risk. The visible portion ends before the 41 example workflows, which are behind a paywall.
01Key takeaways
- Track how you spend your time before deciding what AI should take over.
- Ask of every task whether AI can help, and let that question drive experimentation.
- Prioritize augmenting work you enjoy and do well, not only automating chores.
- Before automating, check whether the task is recurring, clearly definable, and low-risk if done poorly.
- Keep editorial judgment yourself while letting AI handle heavy lifting on repetitive production steps.
02Key sections
- A typical day with Claude Code
- Torres walks through her morning routine, where Claude generates a daily task file and research digest and helps her plan and draft work. She describes a pair-writing process with Claude.
- Using AI to amplify strengths
- She explains how AI helped her increase writing output and stay on task, and how it removes friction from podcast production while she keeps editorial control.
- Automate versus augment
- Torres distinguishes fully automating tedious tasks, like paper searching, from augmenting enjoyable work where AI raises the quality of her output.
- Questions for choosing workflows
- She introduces seven questions to evaluate whether a task is worth turning into an AI workflow, covering frequency, enjoyment, complexity, judgment, success criteria, and risk.
- Disclosure and series context
- She notes she has received no compensation from Anthropic and places this article as the fourth in a series on Claude Code.
03From the post
“Every morning, I sit down at my computer with my cup of coffee and I type /today into Claude Code. I take my first few sips of coffee as I watch Claude retrieve new tasks from my Trello board, generate a today.md file with a list of what I”
04Frameworks mentioned
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