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Claude Is About To Score Your AI Skills ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

An AI Fluency Scorecard just leaked as a feature coming to Claude's settings, and it grades how good you actually are at using AI. Here's what it looks like.

AEO SUMMARY Quick Overview & Execution Blueprint

Sources: TestingCatalog: the AI Fluency scorecard leak โ†’ ยท Anthropic: the AI Fluency Index โ†’

Claude is about to start grading you, not your work, but on how good you actually are at using AI. The AI Fluency Scorecard was just spotted as a feature coming to Claude's settings: it scans your activity across Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code, scores you on 11 observable habits, and hands you a number out of 11 plus where to improve.

Here's roughly what it looks like:

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What The Scorecard Looks Like

Claude ยท Settings ยท AI FluencyBeta
Your AI Fluency Scorecard
Based on your last 30 days across Chat, Cowork & Claude Code
7/ 11 habits
Solid โ€” a few habits from the top tier
Delegation3 / 4
Description2 / 4
Discernment2 / 3
Delegation
โœ“ Sets a clear goal before prompting
โœ“ Hands off a right-sized task
โœ“ Gives enough context
โœ— Picks the right tool / mode
Description
โœ“ Names the audience
โœ“ Specifies the format
~ Sets the tone
โœ— Gives an example of โ€œgoodโ€
Discernment
โœ“ Checks the facts
~ Catches weak logic
โœ“ Iterates on the draft

Illustration based on the leaked feature (via TestingCatalog) plus Anthropic's public AI Fluency framework. Exact design, habit grouping, and scoring may differ in the final release.

The 11 habits group under three skills from Anthropic's AI Fluency framework, Delegation, Description, and Discernment. Below is every habit broken down: what it means, what scores well versus poorly, and exactly how to level it up, the part the video didn't have room for.

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Delegation: What You Hand Off

Delegation is everything you get right before you type, knowing the goal and handing the AI the right job with the right context.

STEP 1You Set A Clear Goal
STEP 2You Hand Off A Right-Sized Task
STEP 3You Give It The Context It Needs
STEP 4You Pick The Right Tool Or Mode
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Description: How You Frame It

Description is how precisely you frame the request. This is where vague inputs create vague outputs, and where most people lose the most points.

STEP 5You Name The Audience
STEP 6You Specify The Format
STEP 7You Set The Tone
STEP 8You Give An Example Of 'Good
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Discernment: How You Pressure-Test It

Discernment is quality control, the habit that separates fluent users from people who paste whatever they're handed. Anthropic's own research found people iterate plenty but question the output far too little, which makes this the rarest skill and the fastest way to stand out.

STEP 9You Check The Facts
STEP 10You Catch Weak Logic
STEP 11You Iterate

The pattern almost everyone has

Most people are decent at Description and weak at Discernment. If you fix one thing this week, start questioning the output, it's the habit with the most upside on the scorecard and in real life.

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Score Yourself Before Claude Does

You don't have to wait for the feature to ship. Paste this into Claude and have it grade your real habits against the same 11, with a score and a plan to improve.

STEP

Open a recent Claude chat where you did real work, then paste this:

PROMPTS

The One Prompt That Aces All Three

Once you know the 11 habits, you don't have to think about them every time. This skeleton bakes delegation, description, and discernment into one reusable prompt, fill it in for anything that matters:

STEP

Save this and reuse it for any real task:

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