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Most people pick the wrong Claude tool for their task and wonder why AI isn’t working. Here’s the decision framework that eliminates guesswork, from someone who’s tested all three in production.
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I watched a marketing director spend three weeks fighting with a Claude Project trying to get consistent campaign analysis. Same data, different insights every time. She kept adding more context files, writing longer instructions, refining her prompts. Nothing worked.
The problem? She was using the wrong tool entirely.
This is the most common mistake I see with Claude right now. People treat Projects, Sub-agents, and Skills like they’re interchangeable features with minor dif…
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Most people pick the wrong Claude tool for their task and wonder why AI isn’t working. Here’s the decision framework that eliminates guesswork, from someone who’s tested all three in production.
6 min readJust now
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Image by Author
I watched a marketing director spend three weeks fighting with a Claude Project trying to get consistent campaign analysis. Same data, different insights every time. She kept adding more context files, writing longer instructions, refining her prompts. Nothing worked.
The problem? She was using the wrong tool entirely.
This is the most common mistake I see with Claude right now. People treat Projects, Sub-agents, and Skills like they’re interchangeable features with minor differences. They’re not. They’re fundamentally different architectures designed for completely different problems.
After spending weeks testing each approach across different use cases — from content creation to data analysis to code generation — I’ve developed a clear framework for when to use what. Not theory. Not marketing materials. Just practical guidance based on what actually works.