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Work in progress. This is not meant to be a polished guide for everyone. It's mostly a summary of how I've been using Claude Code for academic work — slides, papers, data analysis, and more. I keep learning new things, and as I do, I keep updating these files. This is just a way for me to share what I've figured out with friends and colleagues.

Live site: psantanna.com/claude-code-my-workflow Last Updated: 2026-03-20

A ready-to-fork foundation for AI-assisted academic work. You describe what you want — lecture slides, a research paper, a data analysis, a replication package — and Claude plans the approach, runs specialized agents, fixes issues, verifies quality, and presents results. Like a contractor who handles the entire job. Extracted from a production PhD course and extended by a growing community.

Quick Start (5 minutes)

1. Fork & Clone

Replace YOUR_USERNAME with your GitHub username.

2. Start Claude Code and Paste This Prompt

Using VS Code? Open the Claude Code panel instead. Everything works the same — see the full guide for details.

Then paste the starter prompt from the guide, filling in your project details:

I am starting to work on [PROJECT NAME] in this repo. [Describe your project in 2–3 sentences.] I've set up the Claude Code academic workflow... Please read the configuration files and adapt them for my project. Enter plan mode and start.

The full guide has the complete starter prompt with all the details.