Robyn AndersonCEO, Jam Ai · AI Implementation & Business Development Leader

Hi, I’m Jam and I’m the owner of our school community club Jam where I teach non-technical small

5 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube micro‑lesson, Jam (Robyn Anderson) introduces viewers to Claude’s Custom Instructions feature. She explains where to find the settings, what can be entered (communication style, prohibited phrases, tools/platforms), and why many users either haven’t heard of it, don’t use it, or use it incorrectly. Jam warns that mis‑configuring custom instructions can “ruin” the experience, citing a classroom example where a bad setup caused problems. She ends with a call‑to‑action, directing viewers to the link in her bio to join her school community, Club Jam, for further support.

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Hi, I'm Jam and I'm here to make sure you're not using your AI tools wrong. I'm doing a 6-week sprint, 30 days of micro lessons on Claude. Today we are talking about custom instructions, and I was surprised at how many people had never heard of them, how many people are not using them, and then also how many people are using them wrong. So in Claude, you can just go to settings and then you'll see in general and custom instructions. This is where you can put in your requirements for how you want Claude to communicate with you, whether you want it to say certain phrases or not say certain phrases. You can also tell it what tools and platforms you use so that when it creates content, it creates it just for that platform. Anyways, go ahead and set up your custom instructions, but don't do it wrong because if you do, it could actually ruin it. We tried that today in class. If you want more help on this, check my link in bio and join us in our school community called Club Jam. See you there.