Optimize Your Claude Workflow in 90 Seconds — Model Routing, Connectors, and Shared Projects

One master prompt that builds your model routing, connector permissions, and shared project structure

One Prompt, Full Setup

By the end of this guide, you'll have a complete Claude optimization blueprint: a model-routing strategy, a secure app-connector map with ask-before-acting permissions, and a shared Claude Project that keeps all your work in one context.

Who This Is For

  • Teams running multiple apps (Slack, Drive, Jira) through Claude connectors who want tighter permissions

  • Anyone unsure which Claude model to use for which task and wasting tokens on the wrong one

  • Freelancers or agencies juggling client files across scattered chats instead of one shared project

What You'll Build

A complete workflow setup, broken into three outputs:

  • Model Routing & Skill Architecture — when to use Sonnet for general tasks vs. a specialized skill for niche outputs

  • Secure App Connector Mapping — step-by-step permission configs so Claude always asks before posting or writing

  • Shared Project Context Structure — one Claude Project that groups your documents, reference files, and chat threads so nothing gets fragmented

What You'll Need

  • A Claude account

  • Your primary objective and the apps you want connected (Slack, Drive, Jira, etc.)

  • 90 seconds

Going Further

  • Draft the exact system instruction for your Claude Project — ask Claude to write the boundary between what it can post autonomously and what needs your confirmation click

  • Build a troubleshooting checklist for when a connector fails to authenticate or sync data

  • Add 3 custom skills to automate code reviews and formatting checks before you push to production