How to set up Claude Projects completely in 1 hour:

(duplicate my exact project, files, and prompts)

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1. Update your Claude desktop app.

2. Click the Cowork tab at the top.

3. You need a Pro plan ($20/mo). Worth it.

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→ 0-5 min: Open Projects in Cowork.

Cowork tab → Projects → click '+'.

3 choice: scratch, import old Project, existing folder.

Pick the recurring task you do every single week.

(This is where 90% of people overthink. Don't)

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→ 5-20 min: Create your first Project.

Start from scratch = brand new folder.

Import a Claude Project = old files + instructions.

Use existing folder = your Cowork memory + rules.

(Pick one. You can build more next weekend)

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→ 20-30 min: Write Project instructions.

Keep them short. 5-8 lines max.

Cover: tone, format, output type, hard rules.

End with:

Use AskUserQuestion before executing.

(You write this once. It runs every time)

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→ 30-40 min: Add files to the folder.

about-me .md = who you are, how you work.

anti-ai-style .md = every word you'd never use.

2-3 of your best past outputs as examples.

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To download my files, go to how-to-ai.guide.

Don't pay anything. It's free in the welcome email

(These files replace 500-word prompts forever)

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→ 40-50 min: Run your first real task.

Setup prompt:

Read every file in this folder. Summarize what you know about this workspace.

Then:

I want to [task]. Ask me questions first.

Claude generates clickable forms to prompt you.

(Stop prompting. Start directing)

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→ 50-60 min: Schedule a recurring task.

Open the Project → Scheduled tasks → New.

Every Monday at 7am, create my weekly briefing.

You wake up to a finished doc. That's the endgame.

Pro tip: Keep the desktop app open + computer awake. Scheduled tasks need it running.

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To download all of my other Claude infographics:

Step 1. Go to how-to-ai.guide.

Step 2. Subscribe for free. Don't pay anything.

Step 3. Open my welcome email (most skip this).

Step 4. Hit the automatic reply button inside.

Step 5. Download my infographics from my Notion.

Bonus. Enjoy my best copy-paste prompts, too.