personal-os-template

A Claude Code workspace scaffold that turns into your personalized second brain in minutes.

What is a Personal OS?

A Personal OS is a structured local folder that Claude Code uses as persistent context about you — your role, your people, your commitments, your decisions. It's not a note-taking app or a project manager. It's the WHY layer that makes Claude's advice actually useful to your specific situation.

• Claude knows your key people and how they communicate
• Claude tracks your commitments and decisions without you re-explaining every session
• Every answer is grounded in your actual context, not generic advice
• Memory persists across sessions via .claude/projects/memory/

Works for any domain: engineering, coaching, consulting, product, research, operations.

Setup

1. Download the template

Option A — Download ZIP (easiest, no Git needed)

• Click the green Code button at the top of this page
• Click Download ZIP
• Unzip the file anywhere on your computer (Desktop, Documents, etc.)
• Rename the folder to something meaningful, e.g. my-os

Option B — GitHub Desktop (visual Git app)

• Install GitHub Desktop if you haven't
• Click the green Code button → Open with GitHub Desktop
• Choose where to save it on your computer

Option C — Terminal (for developers)

3. Run the setup prompt

Paste this into Claude Code. It will interview you in batches and fill everything in: