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1.This week, in one update
Open your terminal, type claude, and paste this.
Here are my scattered notes from this week. Turn them into a tight investor or team update: what shipped, the one metric that matters, and what I need help with. No spin, no filler.
Chaos in, a clean update out. Do this every Friday and you never dread it again.
2.More to try
Sharpen the pitch
Read draft-sample.txt as if it were my landing-page hero copy. It is not converting. Rewrite it to lead with the customer's problem and the outcome, in plain language. Three versions, shortest first.
Scout before a meeting
I am meeting Acme Co about a partnership. Search the web and give me one page: what they do, where they are under pressure, what they would want from me, and the one risk to watch.
Talk through a hard call
/coach Should I take the bigger contract that stretches the team, or protect focus and pass? Walk me through it and give me one recommendation.
3.Make it yours
Out of the box, Claude Code is a brilliant stranger. The kit turns it into one that knows you. Three moves do almost all of it, and the kit installs all three already filled in:
- Commands you type, like
/draft-kickoffand/sharpen. The kit ships six. - Skills it follows forever once taught, like writing in your voice.
- Memory, a plain text file it reads every time, so you never re-explain who you are.
Every kit also ships /coach: a board of ten legendary coaches who debate a hard people decision and hand you one call. It is the fastest way to feel what a custom command can do.
4.Your challenge
Pick whatever is annoying you right now. You do not have to go in order.
- Turn a week of chaos into a clean update
- Rewrite your landing-page hero to lead with the customer's problem
- Scout a partner, competitor, or hire before a meeting
- Pressure-test a plan before you commit money to it
- Use the coaches board to talk through a hard people decision
5.Grow into it: free and open tools
When you want more, these three are free and open. Nothing to pay for, nothing that locks your work inside a service you would have to pay to leave. Claude teaches you each one, one step at a time.
Obsidian, a calm home for your notes
I'd like to start using Obsidian for my notes. It's free and keeps everything as plain text files on my own computer. Walk me through installing it and pointing it at my notes folder, one step at a time, in plain English.
A little Python, to let the computer do the boring part
Teach me a tiny bit of Python by solving a real problem of mine. I have a folder of PDFs and I want one number from each in a single spreadsheet. Write the code, explain each part in plain English, and walk me through running it.
Playwright, to have Claude drive the browser
I do the same thing on a website every week. Help me use Playwright, a free open-source tool, so Claude can do it for me. Ask what the site is and what steps I take, then set it up one step at a time.
6.Get your kit
The Claude Code Kit for Founders installs six commands, two skills, an AI memory file, and a guide that walks you through everything (about a minute). It is free, plain text, and yours to edit.
Download the Claude Code Kit for Founders
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