The Complete Guide to Claude Code
Resources from the video
Every link I mention in the video, in one place.
Step 1: What Claude Code is (and why it's different)
You've probably used ChatGPT or Gemini. They're chatbots: you ask, they answer, they forget. Every conversation starts from zero.
Claude Code is something completely different. It's not a chatbot. It's a full work environment.
Three key differences:
1. Reach. It lives inside your computer. It reads your files, opens your apps, uses your browser. It plugs into Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Slack . the tools you already use.
2. Action. A chatbot explains. Claude Code does. You tell it what you want. It finds a way and hands back finished work, not instructions.
3. Autonomy. It runs on a schedule, in the background, while you're in a meeting or spending quality time with your family. The work doesn't stop when you stop.
In short: ChatGPT talks to you. Claude Code works for you.
Throughout this challenge we work only from the Code tab. Not Chat, not Cowork. Code.
Step 2: Install Claude Desktop
Claude Code runs inside an app called Claude Desktop. Not in a browser, not in a terminal. A real app on your computer.
Mac:
- Go to claude.com/download
- Download the .dmg file
- Open it and drag Claude into your Applications folder
Windows:
- Install Git first (see red box below). Claude will refuse to run without it.
- Go to claude.com/download
- Download the installer and click Next until the end
Windows only: Git is required
Claude uses Git in the background to keep track of your files so it can roll back its own changes. Without Git, Claude Code won't run on Windows. Git is free and takes a minute to install.
- Go to git-scm.com/downloads/win
- Download and install (Next → Next → Finish)
- Make sure "Add Git to PATH" stays checked (it's the default)
- Verify: open CMD (search "cmd" in Start) and type
git --version. If you see a version number, you're good.
Mac users: skip this. Git is already built in.
Once installed, open Claude Desktop for the first time. It will ask you to sign in or create an account. Follow the on-screen prompts.
Step 3: Pick your plan (start on Pro, upgrade to Max when you're hooked)
The free tier doesn't unlock Claude Code. You need a paid plan. Three options matter:
Doesn't work for Claude Code. You need a paid plan. Minimum is Pro.
The starting point for this challenge. Unlocks Skills, Routines, Connectors.
Where most people end up after a week. More credits, unlocks Auto Mode (see Step 8).
How to upgrade:
- Open Claude Desktop
- Click your profile icon (bottom-left corner)
- Pick Upgrade or Subscribe
- Choose Pro (or Max if you already know you want the headroom)
- Enter your card and confirm
A word on credits
Every plan has a credit budget that resets on a rolling window. The more you use Claude, the faster you'll feel the ceiling. If Pro starts to feel tight, Max gives you roughly 5× more room. My honest take: once you see what Claude Code can actually do, the upgrade pays for itself. Don't try to save on the one tool that will save you hundreds of hours.
Tip: set Sonnet as your default model to stretch your credits. Full model breakdown in Step 7.
Step 4: Claude works with folders
This is the single most important concept to grasp. Claude Code doesn't work "in the air." It connects to a specific folder on your computer.
Before every work session you pick a folder (File → Open Folder). Claude reads the files in it, writes to it, and loads the CLAUDE.md sitting inside.
That's why Donna "lives" in a specific folder (donna-starter-kit). Open that folder in Claude Code and Donna knows who she is and what she can do. Open a different folder and Claude won't recognize her at all.
In short:
Folder = project. Different folder = different project. The CLAUDE.md inside the folder is your instructions to Claude for that project.
Rule I live by: one folder per project. A folder for my business, a folder for each product launch, and one for Donna. Don't mix topics inside the same folder.
Step 5: Tour of the Claude Desktop sidebar
Inside the Code tab, the left sidebar holds everything you'll touch daily. The pieces worth knowing:
New session . opens a fresh conversation. Claude doesn't remember past chats, but it always reloads CLAUDE.md. Every new session starts clean with the memory from that file.
Pinned sessions . drag any session to pin it. Useful for a few important threads you keep returning to. The rest can be grouped by date or project.
Routines . this is where you schedule recurring tasks (morning briefing, evening summary, weekly report). Anthropic just overhauled this feature in the latest release. We configure three of them on Day 5.
Customize . settings, Skills, Connectors, Plugins. We open this next.
Step 6: Settings worth knowing
Get familiar with Settings before you start working. Open them via Customize in the sidebar, or your profile icon in the bottom-left corner.
The must-do:
Set Sonnet as your default model. Smart enough for almost everything and saves credits. Full model breakdown in the next step.
Custom Instructions (recommended)
Your global style guide that Claude follows for you. Things like "no em-dashes," "break complex tasks into steps," "answer in the language I'm writing in." I've published the exact set I use . copy it if you want a solid starting point:
Usage & Billing (good to know)
Shows how many credits you've burned this cycle and when they reset. Check it every few days until you get a feel for your rhythm. If you enable "extra use" (pay-per-credit), be careful . it can rack up fast if you forget about it. You can also toggle it off entirely for peace of mind.
Step 7: The Claude models
Claude ships in a few model tiers. Each one balances intelligence, speed, and credit cost differently:
Fast, light, cheap. Good for simple tasks like translation, a quick summary, or a one-shot question.
The balanced pick. Recommended default for this challenge. Handles 90% of what you'll do, easy on credits.
The strongest. Brand new release. Burns credits fast. Save it for heavy analysis, complex writing, or when Sonnet gets stuck.
To switch: type /model in a session, click the model name at the top of the chat, or change it in Customize → Settings.
Default to Sonnet to save credits.
Sonnet handles 90% of tasks. Move to Opus 4.7 only for deep analysis or complex writing.
Effort setting (optional read)
Next to the model picker there's an effort setting (low / medium / high). Low is fine for quick questions. High is for anything that needs real thinking: "analyze these 100 products," "refactor this skill," "plan a product launch."
From my hacks series: Hack #14: Three Brains, One Claude
Step 8: Permission modes (now with Auto Mode)
Every time Claude wants to do something (edit a file, run a command, send data somewhere), it asks for permission . unless you've told it not to. Five modes to know:
Claude asks before every change. Safest. Good for day one when you want to see each step before approving.
Claude edits files without asking, but still pauses before running commands. A solid middle ground.
Claude plans before it acts. Shows you the plan, waits for approval. Good for big tasks you want mapped out first.
Claude runs without asking. Fastest, but no safety net. Only use it when you know exactly what you're doing.
Claude runs without asking, but a separate classifier checks every action first and blocks anything risky . production deploys, sensitive data leaving your machine, mass deletions, forced git pushes. You get Bypass-level speed with a safety net. Anthropic added this in late March 2026 and it's what I use every day now.
Recommendation: start with Auto accept edits for a day or two to build trust. Once you're comfortable, switch to Auto Mode and let Claude flow.
On Pro? Read this before picking Auto Mode
Auto Mode isn't available on the Pro ($20) plan . it needs Max, Team, or Enterprise, and Sonnet 4.6 / Opus 4.6+ as the model. If you're on Pro for this challenge, use Auto accept edits as your default. When you upgrade to Max (and most people do), Auto Mode unlocks automatically.
Where to change it: click the icon in the bottom-left corner of the input bar (next to the send button).
Step 9: Useful slash commands
Claude Code has built-in shortcuts that start with /. Think of them as power buttons. The ones I use daily:
/compact . use it when a chat gets long and Claude starts to slow down. Compresses the conversation into a summary and keeps going sharp.
/clear . start a fresh session. Claude forgets everything (but still reads CLAUDE.md).
/model . switch model mid-session. No need to open settings.
/context . see how much context the session has left before it needs compacting.
/help . show every available command.
Try one now:
/help
From my hacks series: Hack #7: Session Getting Slow? Here's How to Fix It
Step 10: Golden tip . import your memory from ChatGPT
Optional . click to expand
Moving over from ChatGPT? Don't start from scratch. Claude can import the memory you've built up over there so it already knows things about you from minute one.
How it works:
- In ChatGPT: ask it to export the memory it has about you. It prints the list.
- Copy everything it gives you.
- In Claude Desktop: Customize → Import memory → paste the text.
Full walkthrough: Memory Import Guide
Note: this is experimental. It works best for work preferences and professional context, less so for personal details. Not required, but it saves time.
From my hacks series: Hack #1: Import Your Memory in 60 Seconds
Step 11: Golden tip . the coach prompt
Already built into Donna . expand to read
A trick I stumbled into: you can turn Claude into a personal coach. You paste a special prompt at the start of a project and Claude keeps working normally, but every so often it drops a tip that helps you learn.
For example, after finishing a task it might say: "Worth documenting this decision so we don't lose time on the same question next week." Or after a long chat: "This session is getting long. Consider /compact to save context."
It doesn't stop working to teach. It works and teaches in parallel, only when there's a real learning moment.
Good news
We already baked this prompt into Donna's CLAUDE.md. Donna ships with "coach mode" built in. Nothing to do on your end.
Step 12: Other ways to reach Claude
Reference . click to expand
Claude Desktop isn't the only way in. Worth knowing the others exist:
Mobile app (iOS / Android) . Chat mode only. Good for quick questions on the go. No Code tab, so Donna can't run from there directly.
Browser extension . Claude can read and work with web pages you're browsing. Useful for summaries and research.
Excel & PowerPoint plugins . Claude can read and analyze spreadsheets and generate slides. Free download from inside Claude Desktop.
Dispatch (new) . lets you control your Mac remotely from the Claude mobile app. Your computer runs the actual work, your phone just sends the instructions. Turn it on in Settings first.
For this challenge we stay in Claude Desktop, Code tab. But after the challenge, explore . there's a lot more surface area than you'd expect.
Bonus from the video: Amazon Landing Page Skill
Bonus skill . click to expand
In the demo section of the video I show a skill I built that turns any Amazon product URL into a full landing page . titles, price, real reviews, images, everything. Handy when you want to run Facebook ads and capture emails instead of sending people straight to Amazon.
What the skill does:
- Scrapes the Amazon listing: title, price, images, real reviews
- Builds a full HTML landing page in the background while you keep working
- Includes a CTA that links back to Amazon
- Can collect emails or add a coupon code if you ask for it
- Not locked to Amazon . tell Claude "same thing but for a Walmart listing" and it figures it out
How to use it:
- Download the skill from the page below
- Drop the file into your project folder. If you're not sure where, just ask Claude: "take this skill and put it in the right place."
- Run
/amazon-landing-pageand paste an Amazon URL - Ask for any tweak you want: coupon code, email capture, a different CTA, a different layout
→ Get the Amazon Landing Page Skill
A note on "scary" steps
GitHub, domains, hosting . a lot of people freeze at these words. You don't need to. Just ask Claude: "how do I connect this landing page to my domain?" or "can you do it for me?" . it'll walk you through it or take over your computer and handle it. Most of the things you think you need to do yourself, you don't.
Tips worth remembering
8 tips . click to expand
- Always work from the Code tab. Not Chat, not Cowork.
- Default to Sonnet to save credits. Move to Opus 4.7 only when you need the extra brainpower.
- If Claude asks clarifying questions, answer them. It's trying to understand what you actually want.
- If something isn't working, rephrase. "Build me X that does Y and save as Z" works almost every time.
- You can't break anything. Play, experiment, try things.
- Windows: if Claude Desktop refuses to run, double-check Git is installed (Step 2).
- One folder per project. Keep projects separate so memory doesn't get tangled.
- Got time? Skim my Claude Hacks Library . 20+ small wins you can apply today.
FAQ
10 common questions . click to expand
Checklist
Glossary
6 terms . click to expand
Terms you'll see throughout the challenge. You don't need to memorize them, just know they exist.
| Claude Desktop | The app you downloaded to your computer. Not claude.ai in the browser. Donna only works inside the app. |
| Vault | A folder Obsidian knows how to read. No magic . just a folder of text files displayed visually. |
| Skill | A command Donna knows how to run. Like /morning-briefing or /draft-reply. A text file with instructions she reads and executes. |
| Connector | A connection between Donna and an external tool (Gmail, Calendar, Drive). This is how she reads emails and sees meetings. |
| Routine | A task Donna runs automatically on a schedule. For example, a morning briefing every day at 9:15. Computer needs to be on. |
| Markdown | A simple text file format (.md extension). Every file Donna writes uses this format. Opens in any text editor. |
You're ready for the challenge.
When Day 1 opens, you'll find it in the next tab.
Meet Donna
Install the kit. Learn the method. Have your first conversation with your AI Hire.
Today: 4 Lessons
4 short videos, each with hands-on parts.
🎬 Lesson 1: Setup & Install
Get the kit on your Desktop · Install Obsidian · Load both apps · Verify Donna responds
🎬 Lesson 2: The Method
The 8 components · 3 things that make it special · How it splits across 5 days
🎬 Lesson 3: Tour the Kit
What Obsidian is · Donna walks you through every folder
🎬 Lesson 4: Talk to Donna
Her personality · 5 first conversations · Your first real win
Setup & Install
Get the kit on your computer. 4 quick parts.
Part 1A - Get the kit on your Desktop
⬇ Download donna-starter-kit.zip
- Unzip: Mac → double-click. Windows → right-click → "Extract All"
- Drag the
donna-starter-kitfolder to your Desktop (not Documents, not Downloads - Desktop, so you find it later)
Part 1B - Install Obsidian (free)
Skip if you already have it. We'll explain WHY we use it in Lesson 3.
- Go to obsidian.md → download for Mac/Windows
- Install like any normal app → open it (don't create any vaults yet)
Part 1C - Load the kit in BOTH apps
- Claude Desktop: Switch to Code tab (top center) → click the folder picker (bottom of chat input) → choose "Open folder..." → select your
donna-starter-kitfolder on Desktop - Obsidian: Click "Open folder as vault" → select the
donna-starter-kitfolder → Open
Same folder. Two windows. Claude = where you talk to Donna. Obsidian = where her memory is visible.
Part 1D - Verify
In Claude Desktop, type:
What folder are we in? List the main folders.
✅ Success:
Donna lists the folders correctly: .claude/, brain/, guides/, samples/, templates/, output/. This confirms the kit loaded properly.
If she can't see the folders: Re-select the folder via the picker. Start a new conversation. Try again.
Note: This question doesn't necessarily trigger Donna's full personality (it's a factual question). You'll see her personality come alive in Lesson 4.
The Method
Most people use AI like a chatbot. We're building something different: an AI Hire. She knows who you are, sounds like you, and does things without you.
Part 2A - The 8 Components
Eight components make Donna work. Each lives somewhere specific in your kit.
1. Identity - Who Donna is. Her personality, voice, values.
2. Memory - Who YOU are. Your business, people, decisions.
3. Voice - How YOU write, so Donna sounds like you.
4. Access - Connection to your real tools (Gmail, Calendar, etc.).
5. Skills - One-command shortcuts (she ships with 14, ranging from morning briefings to onboarding).
6. Quality - Self-check before every output.
7. Routines - Automation. She runs on a schedule.
8. Learning - She gets smarter every day.
📌 Quick recap: Identity, Memory, Voice, Access, Skills, Quality, Routines, Learning. We'll build all 8 over the 5 days.
Part 2B - 3 Things That Make It Even More Special
The 8 components are the foundation. These 3 things take the method to the next level - they're what students keep coming back for.
⚡ Personality is mandatory - Every output sounds like Donna. Never generic AI.
🛡️ Quality gate before every output - Self-Check Gatekeeper catches vague language and missing details.
📈 She compounds over time - After 2-3 weeks she sounds significantly more like you.
Part 2C - How It Splits Across 5 Days (The Map)
Just so you know where we're going. Don't try to memorize - we'll walk through each day as we get there.
| Day 1 | Meet Donna - today (setup + first conversation) |
| Day 2 | Donna learns about your business |
| Day 3 | Connect Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Tasks |
| Day 4 | Test all 12 skills |
| Day 5 | Donna goes autonomous (works while you sleep) |
Tour the Kit
Get familiar with the kit's structure. We'll do this through Donna - that's the pattern you'll use for everything.
Part 3A - What Obsidian Is
Obsidian is a free app that shows your files visually. Your brain/ folder is an Obsidian vault. That's where Donna's memory lives.
Quick note on .md files . Every file in this kit ends with .md (Markdown). It's just plain text with light formatting (headers, lists, bold). Think Word without the bloat. Both Obsidian and Claude read it natively. You don't need to learn the syntax. Donna writes it for you.
⚡ Important: You don't need to learn Obsidian.
Claude does all the work with Obsidian. You just tell Claude what you want:
"Update Obsidian with this fact about Mike."
"Check Obsidian for my Q3 goals."
"Show me what's in brain/People."
Claude does it all. You never need to navigate Obsidian unless you want to.
📂 Quick visual look:
Open Obsidian now. Look at the sidebar on the left. You'll see folders:
- brain/Business/ - your goals, promises, decisions
- brain/People/ - your contacts (empty for now)
- brain/Daily Logs/ - daily briefings
- brain/Preferences/ - your style
Everything is empty right now. By Day 5 it'll be full. That's the whole challenge - filling Donna's brain.
💡 Curious? Click around in Obsidian if you want. Press Cmd+G for Graph View - almost empty now, but on Day 5 it becomes a wow moment. Optional sightseeing.
Part 3B - Let Donna Walk You Through the Files
Instead of clicking around yourself, let Donna explain the structure. This is the pattern you'll use for everything: ask Donna, get an answer.
Type this in Claude Desktop:
Walk me through every folder in this kit. Tell me what each one is for and what I'll find inside. Be brief but complete.
Donna will describe everything: CLAUDE.md, .claude/skills/, brain/Business/, brain/People/, templates/, samples/, output/, and guides/.
Then ask follow-ups:
What's the difference between brain/Business/ and brain/People/?
What's inside .claude/skills/?
What's the difference between templates/ and output/?
💡 The lesson here
This is how you'll learn the kit going forward. You don't memorize the folder structure. You ask Donna. She knows. This is your new pattern: "Donna, show me X" / "Donna, explain Y."
Talk to Donna
Now you meet Donna's personality and have your first real conversations with her. By the end of this lesson, you'll have used her for actual value - not just tested her.
Part 4A - Meet Donna's Personality
Donna is named after Donna Paulsen from the TV show Suits. Sharp. Confident. Theatrical. Fiercely loyal. Never sugarcoats anything. That's the energy your AI is built on. (2-min taste 👆 if you've never seen the show.)
Open Claude Desktop and ask her this:
Walk me through your personality, Donna. Your tone, your style, your humor, the way you handle a conversation. Give me real examples, not a description.
Read her answer slowly.
Notice the tone, the confidence, the humor. This isn't ChatGPT. This is Donna.
💬 Feel free to keep chatting with her
Ask whatever you want. Test her. Push her. Get a feel for who she is before we move on.
⚠️ Donna's personality is FIXED
You don't customize how she talks to you. She's direct, sharp, funny. That's the point.
What IS customizable: how Donna writes AS you (emails on your behalf). That's Day 2.
Part 4B - 3 Quick Wins You Can Get Today 🎯
Donna doesn't know your business yet. That's Day 2. But she can already give you real value today. Pick one (or all three) and try it now:
1. The decision you've been putting off
I have a decision I've been avoiding. Let me dump it on you, then walk me through it.
2. The tough conversation you're dreading
There's a conversation I need to have and I keep pushing it off. Help me prep for it.
3. The week that feels chaotic
Brain dump my next 7 days with me, then turn it into an actual plan.
🎯 This is real value, today
Tomorrow she'll respond with YOUR business context loaded in. The difference will surprise you. But what you get today is already worth the price of admission.
FAQ
Show me the contents of .claude/donna-character.mdHomework: Prep for Day 2
Tomorrow Donna learns everything about your business. The quality of Day 2 depends entirely on this prep. Open a notebook or text file and write down:
- Your full name + nickname Donna should use
- Your role (Founder, CEO, Freelancer, etc.)
- Where you live (city, time zone)
- Your business in 2-3 sentences
- Top 3 priorities this quarter
- 5-10 key people (name, role, one line about each)
- 3-5 actual emails you wrote . copy/paste into a text file. this is what teaches Donna your voice
- How you greet and sign off emails
- 3 words you use a lot, 3 words/phrases you HATE
Want to give Donna even more to work with? (optional)
- 3-5 things you've promised people recently
- 3-5 things people promised you that you're waiting for
- Current state of business (revenue range, biggest challenge)
- Tools you use (Gmail/Outlook, Asana/Notion, etc.)
Skip if you're tight on time. The list above is enough.
⚠️ Don't skip the homework
Tomorrow Donna reads your prep and fills out your brain automatically (about-me, business, goals, voice style, key people, email samples). If your prep is sparse, Donna stays generic. Solid homework = a Donna that knows you. Skipping it = generic AI.
🎁 Your shortcut for the next 5 days
Stuck on something?
Ask Donna first.
Before you post in the WhatsApp group, try this. Donna already has all the answers I'd give you, organized by topic. She answers on my behalf for most questions in seconds.
/ask-jay [your question]
Try it right now with one of these:
/ask-jay can I install Donna in Documents instead of Desktop?/ask-jay how does Donna stay in my voice?/ask-jay what's the difference between Claude Code and Cowork?
Available from today. Use it every single day of the challenge.
Checklist
Donna, Meet My Business
Today Donna stops being generic and starts being yours.
Today: 2 Lessons
2 videos. By the end, Donna knows your business and writes in your voice.
🎬 Lesson 1: Donna Learns About You
Memory + Voice + running /learn-me. Dump your homework. Donna fills 6 categories of files in your brain.
🎬 Lesson 2: The Wow Moment
Run /business-one-pager. Donna writes a one-pager and a sample email in your voice.
Donna Learns About You
Generic AI starts every conversation from zero. You re-explain your business every single time. That's exhausting and forgettable. Today we fix that permanently.
Memory (Component #2)
ChatGPT has memory too, but it's fuzzy and limited. It remembers fragments, in a way you don't fully control or see. Donna's brain/ folder is the opposite. Structured, transparent, and yours. Every conversation starts with full context, not random fragments.
Voice (Component #3)
Voice is HOW you write. Word choices, tone, sentence length, things you'd never say. When Donna drafts emails AS you tomorrow, she should sound like you. Not like an AI.
Day 2 is the day Donna becomes YOUR Donna. Not someone else's. Not generic. Yours.
Today we use 2 skills
Teaching Donna manually would be a nightmare. So I built skills that do it for you. A skill is a command Donna already knows how to follow. You type one word, she runs the whole flow.
📥 /learn-me . the onboarding
How Donna learns who you are. You dump your homework, she organizes everything into her brain. We run this in this lesson.
🎯 /business-one-pager . the proof
Donna writes a one-pager and a sample email in your voice. We run this in Lesson 2.
💡 On Day 4 we'll work through the rest of Donna's skills. For today, these two are all you need.
How /learn-me works
You don't open Markdown files. You don't fill templates. You don't navigate Obsidian. You type one command: /learn-me. Donna drives the rest.
Two modes available
📤 Dump mode (default)
Send everything you prepared, in any number of messages. Say DONE when finished.
💬 Interview mode
Say "walk me through it" and Donna asks one question at a time. Useful if you didn't prepare.
You can switch mid-flow. Just tell her what you want.
Run it now
/learn-me
Donna kicks off: "Send me what you prepared, in any number of messages, in any order. Say DONE when you're finished."
Dump your homework. Send it across as many messages as you want. Examples:
- "My name is Sarah, I run a wholesale real estate company in Dallas..."
- "Top 3 priorities: hire a closer, hit $500K in Q2, automate dispositions..."
- "Key people: Mike (acquisitions partner), Lauren (VA), David (lawyer)..."
- Paste 3 actual emails you wrote
Donna acknowledges each message in 1-2 lines. She's just collecting. She doesn't write any files yet.
💡 No rigid format
Extra info we didn't ask for? Great, she takes it. Missing something we asked for? Fine, she skips it. Each owner and business is different.
When you're done, say:
DONE
Donna processes everything, fills 6 categories of files in your brain, and shows you a clean summary. If something critical is missing, she asks gently before writing.
What she fills behind the scenes
brain/Business/about-me.md. your raw wordsbrain/Business/my-business.md. Donna's organized readbrain/Business/Goals.md. your top prioritiesbrain/Preferences/Style.md. your voice patternsbrain/People/[name].md. one file per key personsamples/email-N.md. your email examples saved
You just talked to Donna. She wrote 6+ files. You never opened a single Markdown file. That's the operator approach.
The Wow Moment
She knows you. Now make her prove it.
Run this command
/business-one-pager
Donna writes a one-page business summary AND drafts a sample email in your voice. Both appear shortly after you send the command.
Open the one-pager
Switch to Obsidian and open output/business-one-pager.md.
It includes what you do, who you serve, your offer, key numbers, top priorities, key people, and a "Strategic Read" section where Donna shares her honest interpretation of where your business is and what to focus on. Not generic AI hedging. Her actual opinion.
The voice test
Look at the sample email Donna drafted in chat. Compare it to the actual emails you sent her earlier.
- Greeting matches?
- Sign-off matches?
- Sentence length matches?
- Tone matches?
- None of your "HATE" words?
If it sounds like you. Day 2 worked.
Donna is now YOUR Donna. Tomorrow we connect her to your real Gmail and Calendar so she stops working with hypothetical data and starts working with your actual life.
If something feels off, just tell Donna what to fix and run /learn-me again to update.
🎁 New tool. Use it every day.
Stuck on something?
Ask Donna first.
Before you post in the WhatsApp group, try this. Donna answers on my behalf for most questions.
/ask-jay [your question]
Donna checks all the challenge guides, the FAQ, and the skill files. Most questions solved in seconds. If she can't, then ping the group.
Available from today onwards. Every day of the challenge.
FAQ
/learn-me again anytime to add more. she'll treat it as an update, not a wipe./learn-me again./learn-me again with more detail and re-run /business-one-pager./learn-me again.Homework: Keep teaching Donna
You just saw how fast she learns. Don't stop there.
Think of Donna like a new hire. The first week matters most. The more you invest in her now, the better employee she becomes.
Things to do today or tomorrow:
- Chat with her about parts of your business she doesn't know yet (a project, a product line, a client relationship). She'll update her brain folder on her own.
- Paste 2-3 more email samples. The more voice data, the sharper her drafts get.
- Review
brain/Business/my-business.mdandbrain/Preferences/Style.md. Anything feels off? Tell her to fix it. She'll rewrite.
By Day 3, she's an employee who knows your business, your people, and your voice. The better she knows you today, the more she can do with real data tomorrow.
Heads up for tomorrow (Day 3): we'll connect Donna to your real Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. Make sure you're logged into the Google account you want her to read from.
Checklist
/ask-jay [your question] in Claude Desktop. Donna answers on my behalf before you need the group.
Badge & Access
Today Donna gets her badge. Real emails, real calendar, real documents.
Today: 2 Lessons
2 videos. By the end, Donna can read your real inbox, calendar, and Drive. And you'll have 7 creative prompts to discover things about your business you can't see yourself.
🎬 Lesson 1: Trust & Connect
The privacy promise. Connect Gmail + Calendar + Drive + optional task manager. Verify it all works.
🎬 Lesson 2: Explore Your Business with Donna
7 one-time power prompts. Audits, patterns, honest mirrors. Discoveries you can't get anywhere else.
Trust & Connect
Until today, Donna only knew what you told her on Day 2. She had your business profile, your voice, your people. But she couldn't actually SEE anything. Today she gets a badge.
This is component #4 of Jay's AI Hire Method. Once you connect Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, Donna can read your real inbox, see your real meetings, search your real Drive. Every skill from now on runs on YOUR data, not hypotheticals.
🛡️ The privacy promise (read carefully)
- ✅ Donna READS emails, calendar, files when you connect. That's the default
- ✅ She can SEND, CREATE, and EDIT too . only if you grant those permissions in the connector settings
- ✅ Even with send permission enabled, she drafts first and waits for your approval before sending
- ✅ You see every action before it happens. You're always the one who says "go"
- ✅ You can revoke any permission instantly: Settings → Connectors → Disconnect
You control the permissions. Each connector lets you choose what Donna can access and what she can change. Want her to send emails? Turn it on. Want read-only? Leave it off. She works within the limits you set.
The connection is between Claude Desktop and your Google account directly. Nothing routes through third-party servers we don't control.
What gets connected today
Reads inbox, categorizes, drafts or sends replies (you decide)
Sees meetings, preps you, flags conflicts
Searches docs, surfaces relevant info
Asana, Notion, and more
How to connect
In Claude Desktop (the app, not the browser):
- Click the gear icon (⚙️) in the bottom-left corner of the sidebar
- Click Connectors (sometimes labeled Integrations)
- Find Gmail → click Connect → sign in and grant read access
- Calendar + Drive often auto-connect with the same Google auth. If not, repeat for each.
Multiple Google accounts? Claude Desktop connects one Google account at a time. Pick the one you use most for work. You can switch later by disconnecting and reconnecting with a different account.
Task manager (optional)
Donna works fine without one. Connecting one just makes her a bit sharper in some areas.
✅ Connect
If you use Asana, Notion, ClickUp, Monday, Linear, or Jira: Settings → Connectors → search for your tool → Connect → sign in.
🤷 Skip
If you don't use one, or yours isn't on the list. Donna still works. A few things down the road will be less rich without task data . that's fine.
Verify it all works
Run this one prompt. Donna will confirm which tools are connected and pull one real data point from each.
Donna, what do you have access to right now? For each connection (Gmail, Calendar, Drive, task manager if connected), show me one real data point: latest email subject, today's first meeting, any Drive doc name, one incomplete task. Skip what you can't reach and tell me what's missing.
If Donna answers with real data from each, you're ready for Lesson 2.
Explore Your Business with Donna
⚡ A rule before we dive in
You're about to see 7 things you can do with Donna right now. Notice we're not making skills for any of them. That's intentional.
Simple rule of thumb:
- Need something once? Just ask. No skill needed.
- Going to run it 3+ times? That's when a skill is worth it.
Tomorrow (Day 4) we'll talk about skills: when to build one, what makes a good one.
Today we're exploring. Tomorrow we're systemizing.
Pick 3 that interest you. Try them. See what Donna finds about your business that you couldn't see yourself.
💳 1. Subscription Audit
"What am I actually paying for?"
Connect to my Gmail. Search my inbox for the last 90 days for: invoices, receipts, payment confirmations, subscription renewals, and trial-ending notifications. Group results by vendor with estimated monthly/annual cost. Flag in bold: (a) anything I haven't interacted with recently, (b) subscriptions I might have forgotten about, (c) duplicates. For each, give a 1-line recommendation: keep / cancel / review.
📬 2. Newsletter Cleanup
"Where's the noise coming from?"
Connect to my Gmail. Scan all inbox folders for the last 30 days. Identify all marketing, newsletter, and promotional senders (emails with unsubscribe links, from-addresses like "newsletter@" or "no-reply@", or senders that emailed me 3+ times). Show me a table sorted by email count: sender name | email count | last email date | category. Don't unsubscribe. Just show me the list.
💬 3. Most-Used Phrases
"How do I actually sound?"
Connect to my Gmail. Pull my SENT emails from the last 90 days. Find my 10 most-used phrases (3+ words). For each one, tell me whether it's a strength (signature style) or a verbal tic I should kill. Show 2 example emails for each phrase.
✨ 4. 3 Hidden Strengths
"What am I good at that I don't notice?"
Connect to my Gmail. Pull my sent emails from the last 60 days. Also check brain/Preferences/Style.md for patterns I've already identified about myself. Tell me 3 strengths I probably don't notice about myself that are visible in how I write and work. For each strength, cite 2 specific email examples (sender, date, what made it stand out).
🔗 5. Project Timeline
"What's the full story on [project]?"
Connect to my Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Drive. Search all three for the last 3 months for [project name or topic]. Build me a chronological timeline with: key emails (who, when, 1-line about what was decided), meetings that touched the project (when, attendees, outcome from follow-ups), docs created or edited (when, last modification, current status). End with 2 lines: "Where we are right now" and "Next move based on the data." If data from any source is missing, tell me which one.
🪞 6. Denial + Blind Spot
"What am I not seeing?"
Look across everything you have access to: my Gmail (last 60 days), my Google Calendar (last 60 days), my brain/ files, and my Drive recent activity. Answer two questions, both with specific evidence: (1) What am I denying right now that's obvious in my data? (2) What's my blind spot that I keep protecting . something you see clearly but I actively avoid looking at? Be direct. Cite specific emails, meetings, or docs for each answer.
🔥 7. The Uncomfortable Question
"Tell me what I don't want to hear."
Use everything you have access to: my Gmail (last 30 days), my Google Calendar (last 30 days + next 14 days), my brain/ files, and my Drive recent activity. If you were my real Chief of Staff, what's ONE thing you'd tell me right now that I don't want to hear? Cite specific evidence from at least 2 different sources (e.g., one email + one calendar pattern). Don't soften it. I asked for it.
Pick 3 that hit you hardest.
Run them today. Screenshot the best answer Donna gives you. You'll want to remember what she saw.
🎁 Bonus . The Power Workflow
Want to see what Donna can really do day-to-day? This one isn't just a prompt . it's a full workflow that uses every tool she has access to.
🚀 Schedule a Meeting, End-to-End
"I need to set up a meeting. Donna, handle everything."
⚠️ Not a copy-paste prompt
You need to fill in: [person name] and [topic]. Pick someone real. The whole point is to see Donna do this on real data.
I need to schedule a meeting with [person name] about [topic]. Do this end-to-end:
1. Check brain/People/[name].md and any past emails/meetings with them to refresh context.
2. Find 3 open 30-minute slots in my calendar over the next 2 weeks (within my working hours, no conflicts).
3. Draft an email to them suggesting those 3 times. Match my voice from brain/Preferences/Style.md.
4. Create a task in my task manager titled "Prep for [name] meeting" with 2-3 prep questions based on what I know about them.
5. (Optional) If there are relevant docs in my Drive about this person or topic, link them in the prep task.
Don't send the email or book the calendar yet. Show me everything for approval first.
Why this is the moment
Donna pulls from brain/, Calendar, Gmail, your task manager, and Drive in one go. She drafts, suggests, organizes . then waits for your approval. This is what a real Chief of Staff looks like.
💡 Tomorrow (Day 4) we turn the useful patterns into skills . one-command shortcuts for daily workflows. The Power Workflow above is a great candidate to become /schedule-meeting.
FAQ
For advanced users who need both accounts connected simultaneously, it's possible via MCP servers and manual config. It's beyond the scope of this challenge . if you want to go there later, ask Donna via
/ask-jay and she'll walk you through it./tasks, /accountability, /block-time, task section of /morning-briefing) still work, just less polished. Donna falls back to brain/Business/Promises.md for tracking commitments.Checklist
/ask-jay [your question] in Claude Desktop. Donna answers on my behalf before you need the group.
Training Day
Today you train Donna's reflexes. One command instead of a paragraph.
Today: 3 Lessons
3 short videos. By the end, you'll have run all 12 daily skills, customized one for your business, and built (or imported) a few new ones.
🎬 Lesson 1: Skills + Your First Skill
What a Skill is, where they live, and running the headline skill: /morning-briefing.
🎬 Lesson 2: Your Turn . Run Them on Your Donna
Time to actually use Donna. Run 5+ skills on your real data.
🎬 Lesson 3: Make It Yours
Open a skill file, customize it with one business rule, and learn how to build or import more.
Skills + Your First Skill
Until now you've been talking to Donna in full sentences. A Skill is the shortcut. Instead of a paragraph, you type one command.
❌ Without a skill
"Hey Donna, read my emails from the last 24 hours, sort them by urgency, check my calendar for today, look at my tasks, scan for risks, and give me a summary with my top priority."
✅ With a skill
/morning-briefing
Done. Same job.
This is component #5 of Jay's AI Hire Method. Skills.
Where Skills Live
Skills are just text files (.md) inside .claude/commands/. The filename (without .md) is the command:
morning-briefing.md→/morning-briefingdraft-reply.md→/draft-reply [name]
You don't need to look inside yet. Just know they're plain text. We'll open one in Lesson 3.
The 12 daily skills
| Command | What it does | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
/morning-briefing | Daily briefing pulled from emails, calendar, tasks, risks | First thing every morning |
/evening-summary | End-of-day wrap. done, not done, tomorrow's plan | Last thing every evening |
/draft-reply [name] | Drafts a reply in your voice | Whenever an email needs a response |
/prep-meeting [name] | Full briefing for a specific meeting | Day before any meeting |
/tasks | Overview of incomplete tasks | When you feel scattered |
/accountability | Status report on promises (yours + theirs) | Weekly, or when things feel slippery |
/forgotten-emails | Threads you missed, in both directions | Once a week |
/block-time [task] | Calendar block for things you keep postponing | When something keeps getting bumped |
/risks | Business risks scan with action items | Once a week |
/weekly-report | Weekly summary. wins, misses, patterns | Sunday morning |
/learn | Improvement loop. updates her memory | ⚠️ Auto-only via Routine. Set up Day 5 |
/ask-jay [q] | Help with anything Donna or kit related | Whenever you're stuck |
Plus the 2 onboarding skills you ran on Day 2 (/learn-me + /business-one-pager). 14 skills total.
⚠️ /learn is special . don't run it manually
It runs automatically as part of your evening routine. We set this up tomorrow on Day 5. For now, just know it exists. Save it for Day 5.
📖 Detailed reference (click any skill to expand)
/morning-briefing . Daily morning routine/risks scan, promises from brain/Promises.md, and synthesizes the #1 priority for your day. Output saves to brain/Daily Logs/[date].md automatically. Run it first thing every morning . or auto via Routine starting tomorrow./evening-summary . End-of-day wrap/learn in the background to update Donna's memory. Run it last thing every evening . or auto via Routine starting tomorrow./draft-reply [name] . Reply in your voicebrain/Preferences/Style.md. Flags any dollar amounts or commitments before you send. Doesn't send. Waits for your approval. Works on any email, even old ones. Use it whenever an email needs a response./prep-meeting [name] . Meeting briefbrain/People/[name].md, and related Drive docs. Outputs: who they are, last touch, what they probably want, suggested agenda, watch-outs. Run it the day before any important meeting . or set up auto via Routine on Day 5./tasks . Task manager overview/accountability . Promise trackingbrain/Promises.md (commitments you made) plus commitments others made to you (from emails). Traffic-light status. Honest assessment of where you're slipping. The most uncomfortable skill on the list . that's the point. Run it weekly, or whenever things feel slippery./forgotten-emails . Missed threads/block-time [task] . Calendar blocking/risks . Business risk scan/weekly-report . Weekly summary/learn . The improvement loop ⚠️brain/Learning/learning-log.md. Over time becomes the most valuable file in the kit . Donna's accumulated wisdom about you. Save your curiosity for Day 5, when we set up the routine that triggers it./ask-jay [q] . Help, always available/ask-jay how do I disconnect a connector?⚡ Two ways skills get triggered
- Manual . you type the slash command yourself (
/morning-briefing). Fast and predictable. - Automatic . Donna recognizes when a skill is relevant and fires it on her own. Just describe what you want, she picks the right one.
Both work. Manual is faster when you remember the skill exists. Automatic is great for when you forget.
Run the headline skill
/morning-briefing is THE skill you'll use every day. It pulls from everything we've built so far: brain/, Gmail, Calendar, Drive, optional task manager. One prompt, full morning routine.
/morning-briefing
No need to add anything else. Just send.
She'll pull from multiple sources at once: yesterday's Daily Log, unread emails (categorizes urgency), today's calendar, your task manager, promises in brain/Business/Promises.md, and risks. Then she synthesizes the #1 priority for the day.
Look for these in her output:
- ✓ Donna opening line (personality, not generic AI)
- ✓ Sections with emoji headers (🔴 URGENT, 📅 CALENDAR, ✅ TASKS, ⚠️ RISKS, 🎯 #1 PRIORITY)
- ✓ Specific numbers and names (not "a few emails" but "3 emails. one from Mike Johnson...")
- ✓ Donna closing line
🛡️ Behind the scenes: the Self-Check Gatekeeper
This is component #6. Quality. Every skill runs a Self-Check before showing output. Catches vague language, missing numbers, missing personality. If anything fails, Donna fixes it before showing. You never see the failure.
Output also saves to brain/Daily Logs/[YYYY-MM-DD].md. So tomorrow's /evening-summary and /learn have something to reference.
Your Turn: Run Them on Your Donna
Run 5 different skills back to back. Each one is a different kind of help. Don't try to memorize. Just feel the range.
1. /draft-reply [name]
Pick one real email that needs a response.
/draft-reply [sender's name or short email description]
A draft using your greeting, sign-off, and tone (from brain/Preferences/Style.md). Flags any dollar amounts. Does not send.
2. /forgotten-emails
/forgotten-emails
Two lists. Emails YOU haven't answered (3+ days), and emails OTHERS owe you. Empty list = win.
3. /prep-meeting [name]
Pick someone you have a real upcoming meeting with.
/prep-meeting [name or meeting title]
A brief: who they are, last interaction, open items, what they probably want, your suggested agenda, watch-outs.
4. /risks
/risks
Categorized 🔴 HIGH / 🟡 MEDIUM / 🟢 LOW with action items. "All clear" is also a valid answer.
5. /accountability
/accountability
Status report on every promise. Yours and theirs. Goal progress with traffic-light status, patterns, where you stand.
📌 The other 7 daily skills
Test as homework or call them when you need them: /tasks, /block-time, /evening-summary, /weekly-report, /learn, /ask-jay [question].
Make It Yours
Open a skill file
Skills are just text. Let's prove it.
Show me the contents of .claude/commands/morning-briefing.md
Donna will show you Markdown: a Meta table, a Steps section (what Donna does in order), an Output Format template, Opening + Closing line banks, a Self-Check checklist. No code. No magic. Just instructions she follows.
Add ONE business-specific rule
Pick the skill you'll use most . probably /morning-briefing. Then think of ONE thing about your business that you'd want her to add to it.
Just tell Donna what to add and where . she'll edit the file for you.
Save. Run the skill again. Your custom rule appears in the new output.
🧠 Same principle for her memory: she only remembers what you ask
You just made a skill yours by adding one rule. Same idea applies to her brain. Donna saves outputs of skills automatically (Daily Logs, Learning Log). But she doesn't always save free-flowing conversations. When you tell her something important about a person, decision, or preference . say so explicitly: "Save this to brain/People/[name].md" or "Add this decision to brain/Decisions.md". Her second brain only grows from what you ask her to remember.
💡 Want to create your own skill?
Best way: tell Donna "create a new skill for [X]" and she'll draft it with you, copying the structure of an existing skill.
Remember the Power Workflow from Day 3? Today's a perfect time to turn it into /schedule-meeting. Tell Donna: "Make the Schedule a Meeting workflow from yesterday into a skill called /schedule-meeting." She'll handle it.
🎁 Bonus tip . Let Donna find more skills for you
You have 14 skills. There are hundreds more out there. Here's a trick: tell Donna to scan your business profile and pick the ones that fit YOU specifically.
Scan everything you know about me. my CLAUDE.md, memory, and project history. Search for new skills I don't have yet, install globally the ones that will help me most, and explain in one line why each one fits me.
Tailored, not generic. She picks based on what she knows about your business.
Tomorrow on Day 5 we set up Routines so Donna's core skills run automatically. You wake up to a briefing waiting. You get a wrap-up at the end of the day. You get a weekly review on Sunday. Without you asking.
FAQ
.claude/commands/ and confirm the file is there./weekly-report and /evening-summary look thin. Why?/draft-reply, or skip a skill if it has nothing to act on. The skill itself is fine. just nothing to chew on right now..md file from .claude/commands/. The command stops working. Or move it to a .disabled subfolder if you want to keep it for later..md file in .claude/commands/. The filename (without .md) becomes the command. Best way: tell Donna "create a new skill for X" and she'll draft it with you, copying the structure of an existing skill.Checklist
/morning-briefing with real data
/ask-jay [your question] in Claude Desktop. Donna answers on my behalf before you need the group.
She Works While You Sleep
The final day. Donna becomes autonomous.
Today: 3 Lessons
3 short videos. By the end, Donna runs on autopilot. morning briefings, meeting prep, evening summaries, weekly reports. all without you opening Claude.
🎬 Lesson 1: Routines
Component #7. The shift from waiting to running. Setup of all 4 routines.
🎬 Lesson 2: The Learning Loop
Component #8. /weekly-report + /accountability + how /learn runs in the background.
🎬 Lesson 3: Graduation
Graph View. And a surprise guest you'll want to hear from.
Routines
Until today, Donna has been waiting for you. You open Claude. You type a command. She runs it. She goes back to sleep.
Today she stops waiting.
Routines let Donna run on a schedule, automatically, without you opening Claude. Morning briefing at 7am. Meeting prep at 6pm. Evening summary at 9pm. Weekly report Sunday morning.
This is component #7 of Jay's AI Hire Method. Routines.
Where Routines live
In Claude Desktop, in the Code tab, look at the left sidebar. Between Search and Dispatch, you'll see Routines.
Don't see it? Help → Check for Updates first.
Click Routines to open the panel. Then click + New Routine for each one below.
⚠️ Critical: Switch each routine from "Ask permissions" to "Auto mode"
By default, new routines are set to "Ask permissions" (the dropdown at the bottom-left of the prompt area, with a hand-stop icon). That means Claude pauses to ask permission for every action . which breaks autonomous routines. Every routine you create below must be switched from "Ask permissions" to "Auto mode". Instructions are included in each routine's steps. Without this, your routine will stall waiting for approval every time and your morning briefing won't show up.
Routine 1. Morning Briefing (7:00 AM)
Name:
Morning Briefing
Description:
Daily morning routine. email triage, calendar, tasks, priorities
Prompt:
Run /morning-briefing
After generating the briefing, save it to brain/Daily Logs/ with today's date as the filename (YYYY-MM-DD.md format).
- Schedule: Every day at 7:00 AM (or your preferred time)
- Switch to Auto mode: dropdown at bottom-left of prompt area (says "Ask permissions") → "Auto mode"
- Create
Routine 2. Meeting Prep (6:00 PM)
Name:
Meeting Prep
Description:
Prep briefs for tomorrow's meetings
Prompt:
Run /prep-meeting for every meeting on tomorrow's calendar. Save all briefs to brain/Daily Logs/ under a "## Meeting Prep" heading.
- Schedule: Every day at 6:00 PM (or your preferred time)
- Switch to Auto mode (same dropdown as Routine 1)
- Create
Routine 3. Evening Summary (9:00 PM)
Name:
Evening Summary
Description:
End-of-day wrap + triggers /learn
Prompt:
Run /evening-summary
After generating the summary, append it to today's Daily Log in brain/Daily Logs/ under a "## Evening Summary" heading.
- Schedule: Every day at 9:00 PM (or your preferred time)
- Switch to Auto mode
- Create
Routine 4. Weekly Report (Sunday 9:00 AM)
Name:
Weekly Report
Description:
Weekly wrap. wins, misses, patterns, plan
Prompt:
Run /weekly-report and save to brain/Daily Logs/[today's date]-weekly.md
- Schedule: Every Sunday at 9:00 AM (or when your week starts)
- Switch to Auto mode
- Create
💡 Weekend heads-up: Weekly Report runs Sunday morning . while you're still with family. The report lands in your brain/ before Monday hits. Donna doesn't take weekends off.
💡 All 4 times are defaults. Pick whatever fits your real schedule.
💡 Good to know about Routines
Your computer needs to be on, but it catches up automatically.
You don't need to leave your laptop on overnight. When you wake it (or turn it on), Claude Desktop runs the most recent missed slot per routine . automatically, no manual trigger. So if your laptop was off all night, your morning briefing shows up when you open it.
Scheduled time is approximate (stagger).
Claude Desktop adds a randomized delay of several minutes to each routine for server performance. So a 7:00 AM routine might actually run at 7:04. The offset is consistent per routine. Multiple routines at the same time run sequentially with this stagger.
Want it to run even when your computer is off?
Advanced option: Cloud Routines run on Anthropic's infrastructure. Requires pushing brain/ to a GitHub repo (more setup). For most people, the Local routines we set up today work fine . they catch up when you open your laptop. Explore later at claude.ai/code/routines if you want.
✅ You now have 4 routines on autopilot.
That's the "she works while you sleep" promise. starting tomorrow morning.
The Learning Loop
Donna doesn't stay the same. Every evening, she runs /learn. She reviews what worked, what didn't, and updates her own memory.
- After a week. drafts sound more like you
- After a month. she anticipates patterns
- After 3 months. nothing like the Donna you met on Day 1
Component #8 of Jay's AI Hire Method. Learning.
Run /weekly-report manually (preview)
/weekly-report
Pulls from your real emails and calendar from the past week. Output covers: wins, misses, numbers, promise tracking, patterns, next week's plan. By next Sunday, with another week of Daily Logs, the insights get sharper.
Run /accountability
/accountability
Honest assessment of what you're tracking, what's stuck, where you're slipping. Run it weekly. or whenever you feel things slipping.
How /learn runs in the background
You don't run /learn directly. The Evening Summary routine runs it automatically as part of its end-of-day work.
It reviews the day, notices patterns, and updates brain/Learning/learning-log.md.
After 30 days, that file becomes the most valuable thing in your kit. it's Donna's accumulated wisdom about you.
Graduation
Open Graph View in Obsidian
Open Obsidian. Click the graph icon in the left sidebar (Cmd+G Mac / Ctrl+G Windows). Every wiki link Donna created becomes a visible connection.
Today vs Day 30: You're just starting . expect just a few nodes today. By Day 30, dense clusters. Take a screenshot now and another at Day 30. The difference is dramatic.
🎓 You hired your first AI employee. Congratulations.
FAQ
/weekly-report looks thin today.Day 6 and Beyond
No homework. you graduated. Tomorrow Donna runs on her own. Here's the rhythm:
Tomorrow (Day 6)
- Morning briefing arrives at 7am (or when you open Claude after)
- Read it in Obsidian:
brain/Daily Logs/[date].md - Reply to Donna with feedback if anything's off. trains
/learn - Use
/draft-replythroughout the day - Evening summary arrives at 9pm
First Sunday
- Weekly report arrives at 9am
- Block 30 min to read it
- Adjust Goals.md if priorities shifted
First month
- Watch
/learnslowly improve voice matching - Add new People as Donna encounters them
- Update Goals and Promises when priorities shift
- Compare Graph View at Day 30 vs Day 5 screenshot
Checklist
/weekly-report + /accountability (preview)
/ask-jay [your question] in Claude Desktop. Donna answers on my behalf before you need the group.
You finished the challenge.
You built a real AI employee. Not a chatbot. Not a toy. A complete system that works for you.
Share with the community: I finished!