Claude Code
Home Base

Confirm you're set up and ready to go. Tell me the exact folder you're currently working in, then check whether the background tools you rely on (Git and Node.js) are installed and working. If anything's missing, tell me plainly what it is and walk me through installing it, one step at a time. Once everything checks out, let me know I'm ready to move on.

I'm setting up a permanent home base for you to work from in my business — this folder will hold everything you create and everything I hand you, from now on. Before we build anything, get a clear picture of my business. Ask me the following, one at a time:

1. What's my business called, and what do I do in one sentence?
2. Who do I serve — my ideal client or customer, described specifically?
3. What are the 1-2 things that deserve my best energy and attention right now? This becomes the lens you filter every future answer through, unless I say otherwise.
4. What are the different areas of my business where I do repeatable work? (For example: content & marketing, sales, client delivery, operations — list whatever actually applies to me, in my own words, not a generic list.)

Once I've answered all four, summarize what you heard back to me in a few sentences so I can confirm before we build anything.

Using what I told you about my business, write a CLAUDE.md file and save it at the root of this folder. Include these sections:

1. Who I am — one or two lines about me and my business
2. Top priority right now — the 1-2 lenses I gave you that should color every answer unless I say otherwise
3. Where things live — a table you'll fill in as we build folders together in the next step (leave placeholders for now)
4. Connected tools — a placeholder section we'll fill in later
5. Simple rules — write 5 short, non-negotiable rules for how you should work with me (for example: match my voice, never invent facts, ask when unsure, keep answers brief unless I ask for depth, plus one more that's specific to my business)

Keep the whole file short — this is a map, not a manual.

Now let's build the folder structure inside this home base. Create the following folders for me:

- rules/ — where your permissions and behavior rules will live
- context/ — where my business profile and current priorities will live
- clients/ (or customers/, whatever fits my business) — one file per client or customer
- brand/ — my voice and my offers
- skills/ — with a subfolder for each business area I told you about in step 2
- workflows/ — with the same subfolders as skills/
- scratch/ — throwaway working files that don't need to persist
- assets/ — images, logos, reusable files

Adjust the names and subfolders if something I described doesn't fit this exact structure — build the version that actually matches my business. Once it's built, update the "Where things live" table in my CLAUDE.md to match what you actually created.

Create a file at rules/session-permissions.md. Keep it to a couple of short lines: tell me you can read, edit, and create files in this folder without asking first, and that anything permanent or hard to undo — like deleting files or sending something on my behalf — you'll check with me before doing.

Create two files inside context/:

1. context/about-me.md — write my full profile based on everything I've told you so far: my business, how I like to work, my priorities. Ask me any follow-up questions you need first.
2. context/current-priorities.md — a short, living list of what's active right now. Ask me what's currently on my plate before you write it.

Tell me when both are done so I can review them.

Create two files inside brand/:

1. brand/voice-and-tone.md — ask me to describe how I sound when I'm at my best (warm? direct? funny? formal?), then ask me for 2-3 real examples of things I've written that sound like me. Write the file based on my answers, including what to avoid.
2. brand/offers.md — ask me to list my current products or services, one line each, so you never have to guess what I sell.

Then add a rule to my CLAUDE.md that says to check brand/ before writing anything public-facing.

I've connected these tools: [list the tools you connected — e.g. project management, calendar, file storage, email]. Add a "Connected Tools" section to my CLAUDE.md listing them, so you know what's available without guessing.

Then build me a custom shortcut called /close, for wrapping up a work session. When I type /close, I want you to:

1. Look back over what we worked on this session
2. Save a short summary to a notes file dated today — what got done, what's still open, what to pick up next time
3. If anything we did should change how you work with me going forward, update my CLAUDE.md or the right context file so I don't have to explain it again
4. Tell me, in a few short lines, what you saved and what to do next

Save this as a command file so I can trigger it just by typing /close.

Let's test this system with a real task. I want your help with: [describe something actually on your plate right now].

As you help me, pay attention to whether this is something I'll ask for again. If it is, once we're done, write it up as a skill file in the right skills/ subfolder — step-by-step instructions for how to do it again next time, based on exactly what we just did together.