@Anthony Formula Hey Anthony, yeah the "I fixed it" problem is one of the most common and frustrating things about building with Claude Code, your definitely not alone here. The root cause is Claude generates plausible looking fixes but doesnt always verify them against your actual running code. The solution is forcing verification into your workflow. After every fix ask Claude explicitly to run the specific function or endpoint that was broken and show you the output, not just tell you it should work now. No output equals no fix. For the structure question yes the md files approach makes a huge difference. Keep a CLAUDE.md at your root that describes your tech stack, auth flow, database schema, and any patterns Claude should follow consistently. Without that context Claude reinvents decisions every session and creates contradictions that compound into bigger problems especially with auth. For auth specifically the issue is usually Claude treating each session as a clean slate and not remembering what it already implemented. Create a short auth.md that documents exactly how your auth is structured, which library, token storage approach, middleware pattern, protected route convention. Then reference it explicitly when working on auth related tasks. Cuts retries dramatically. The other thing that helps is breaking work into smaller verifiable chunks. Instead of "fix my auth" say "fix only the token refresh logic in this specific file and confirm it by running this test". Smaller scope means less hallucination and easier verification Anthony. Your instinct about skills and clear structure is exactly right, the CLAUDE.md system in this workspace is built around that same idea. Feel free to DM me if you want help structuring your CLAUDE.md for your specific SaaS stack!

@Terry O Hey Terry, congrats on the initiative. Honest answer though, don't do it for free with a vague promise of payment later. "Once she's rolling" is not a payment timeline and first time builders who work on that basis almost never get paid. It's not that she's a bad person, it's just that without skin in the game the project drags, priorities shift, and you end up with no money and no testimonial. Here's what I'd do instead. Offer a genuinely reduced rate that she can pay now, something like 150 to 300 dollars for a simple site depending on what she needs. Frame it as your introductory rate because she's an early client. That small commitment tells you immediately if she's serious or just excited in the moment. If she genuinely can't pay anything right now counter with a trade, a detailed written testimonial plus a video review plus permission to use her site in your portfolio. That has real value for you as a first client even with zero cash. What you want to avoid is building a full site, delivering it, and then chasing payment while she goes quiet Terry. It happens constantly and it kills motivation fast. Your instinct to help was right, just protect yourself in the structure of the deal. Feel free to DM me if you want help drafting a simple one page agreement that covers you either way!

@Ron Ward Hey Ron, three hours on this is frustrating especially when it feels like it should just work, but Claude actually gave you the right advice so your not far off. Heres the real situation. Claude desktop cant directly control Gmail or Calendar through the browser, what you experienced is Google blocking unauthorized programatic access which is expected behavior not a bug. Google treats any non standard access attempt as a security risk and blocks it, thats working as intended on their end. The clean path forward is exactly what Claude suggested. n8n or Make.com with official Google OAuth connections. When you connect Gmail through n8n it uses Google's official OAuth flow, Google recognizes it as legitimate and allows read and write access including creating folders, deleting emails, creating calendar events, all of it. Takes about 15 minutes to set up properly and it just works reliably after that. There is another option worth knowing about. Claude has official Google Calendar and Gmail MCP integrations that you can set up through Claude's settings. These use proper OAuth and are the legitimate way to give Claude direct access to your Google account without going through n8n. Check your Claude desktop settings under integrations or connected apps, the setup is more straightforward than the manual approach you tried. For your specific use case of email management and calendaring the MCP route is probably the simplest starting point Ron, try that before building a full n8n workflow. Feel free to DM me if you need help walking through either setup!

@Jason Wigglesworth Hey Jason, Magento isn't my primary stack but if there's any AI integration, automation, or custom backend work needed alongside the Magento development I'm happy to support on that layer. Timezone-wise I can overlap with Dutch hours for async collaboration. Feel free to DM me if the scope ends up needing broader technical coverage beyond core Magento.

@Luke Arian Hey Luke, yeah Skool's API limitations are a known pain point and a lot of builders have run into exactly this wall. Honest answer is there isnt a widely trusted third party REST API for Skool specifically right now. The Zapier integration is genuinely the most stable option they officially support and its limited by design on Skool's end not Zapier's. The workaround most people are using is browser automation via Playwright or Puppeteer to interact with Skool programatically, clicking, typing, submitting forms just like a human would. Its not a clean REST API but it gets the job done for things like auto DMs, comment replies, and member management. The downside is it breaks whenever Skool updates their frontend which happens occasionally. Apify has some community built Skool scrapers worth checking out, they're not full REST APIs but handle read operations like pulling member lists and post data reasonably well. Search the Apify store for Skool and see what's available. The other angle worth considering is whether you actually need direct Skool API access or if you can trigger actions from Skool's side instead. Skool does send webhook style notifications for certain events through their Zapier triggers, so sometimes you can architect around the limitation by having Skool push data to your system rather than your system pulling from Skool Luke. If your building something serious for a client I'd honestly factor in the fragility of browser automation and set expectations accordingly. Feel free to DM me if you want help thinking through the architecture for your specific use case!

@Luke Arian Sounds great. Feel free to reach out if you get stuck in any other problem regarding this.