Claude Prompts for Fantasy Football: 12 Season Long Prompts

Claude prompts for fantasy football are most useful when you give Claude your own league settings, roster and the news you trust, then ask for a decision with reasons. Claude will not know your scoring rules or your bench unless you paste them, and it should not guess at injuries. The 12 prompts below cover the season from draft day to the playoffs.

The flagship is the fantasy football prompt for Claude with lineup, waivers and trades. It fills every starting slot, plans your waiver bids and checks a trade offer in one pass.

Before the draft

1. Draft plan from your settings

My league: [teams], [scoring], starters [slots], bench [size]. I pick [position] in a [snake or auction] draft. Give me a round-by-round plan by position, and what to do if a run on one position starts early.

2. Tiers from my own rankings

Here are my rankings for [position]: [list]. Group them into tiers and tell me where the biggest drop-off is, so I know when I must take one.

3. Auction budget split

I have [budget] for [roster size] spots in a [scoring] league. Split the budget by position and give me a maximum bid for the top player I want at each spot.

Weekly lineup calls

4. Start or sit with reasons

Start one: [player and position] or [player and position]. Here is the news I have: [notes with dates]. Give a pick, the reasons, and what news would flip it.

5. Floor or ceiling week

My opponent's lineup is [list] and I am [record]. Should I play for a safe floor or a high ceiling this week? Adjust my lineup from [roster] to match.

6. Bye week cover

These starters are on bye in week [number]: [players]. From my bench [list] and these free agents [list], give me the smallest set of moves that fills every slot.

Waivers and trades

7. Waiver bids

I have [FAAB amount] left and [weeks] weeks until playoffs. I want [players]. Suggest a bid for each, who to drop, and one backup claim.

8. Trade check

I was offered [players] for [players]. My roster is [roster] with these byes: [byes]. Does this help me for the rest of the season? If it is close, write a counter offer.

9. Trade message

Write a short, friendly trade proposal to [manager] offering [players] for [players], with one reason it helps their roster based on [their roster].

Playoff push

10. Playoff schedule check

Our playoffs run weeks [numbers]. Here are the opponents my starters face in those weeks: [list]. Flag any player I should replace before the trade deadline and why.

11. Handcuff plan

My top running backs are [players]. List which backups I should roster or watch, and which bench spot I can free for them.

12. Season review

Here is my draft, my main trades and my weekly results: [notes]. What three decisions helped most and hurt most, and what should I do differently next season?

Worked example: a 5-3 team facing a high scorer

A manager in a 12-team half PPR league with $41 of FAAB left pasted a roster with placeholder names, a Thursday injury note that one running back was questionable and limited in practice, and a trade offer of a starting receiver for their top running back. They asked for a high ceiling week, since their opponent scores a lot.

The flagship prompt kept the questionable back in the lineup only if he was active, moved a receiver whose quarterback had just been benched into the flex as the ceiling play, and called that choice close to a coin flip. It suggested a $14 bid on a backup running back whose starter was out, and declined the trade as offered because the roster would be short at running back that week, with a counter that asked for a backup back as well. It ended with a checklist of the news to confirm before lineups lock.

Variations

• Dynasty league: add player ages and contract years, and ask the trade check to weigh next season as well.
• Best ball: drop the weekly lineup section and ask only for draft structure and stacking ideas.
• Two quarterback or superflex: say so in the settings, since quarterback value changes a lot in those formats.

Practical tips

• Web search is available on every Claude plan, including Free, and answers that use it include citations. Turn it on when you want Claude to check news, and open the sources before you set your lineup.
• Keep your league settings and roster in a Claude Project so each week you paste only what changed. The Free plan allows up to 5 projects.
• Always write the date on injury notes. A Wednesday practice report can be out of date by Sunday.
• Treat every answer as a second opinion. You know your league mates and their habits better than any chatbot.

Related prompts

For a tough call with many factors, the weighted decision matrix prompt scores each option. To set up a league assistant that remembers your settings, use the Claude Project custom instructions prompt and the guide to a standing brief for Claude Projects. If you track stats in a spreadsheet, the Excel data analysis prompt helps you build formulas and pivots. Running a league podcast or newsletter? See the Claude prompts for content creation.

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