workspace-template

A structured, reusable workspace for working with Claude Code as a persistent agent assistant across many sessions.

Rather than starting each Claude Code session from a blank slate, this template gives Claude a predictable place to find who you are, what you're working on, and how to help — plus a set of slash commands that turn recurring work into one-line invocations.

The template ships configured around one worked example: a learning workspace that generates daily homework for a school-age student. The plumbing, however, is general — swap the context and commands and it fits research, writing, ops, or any recurring knowledge work.

📖 Background: Build Transformative AI Assistants — the article that explains the thinking behind this template and how to get the most from it.

Quick start

• Clone or download this repository and open it with Claude Code.
• **Run /prime** — Claude reads CLAUDE.md and everything in context/, then summarizes its

understanding of you, the workspace, and your goals.

• Direct Claude with a slash command (see below) or plain-language tasks.

That's the whole loop: /prime to orient, then work.

How it works

CLAUDE.md is the foundation. Claude Code loads it automatically at the start of every session, so it acts as the single source of truth for how Claude should understand and operate in this workspace. /prime layers your personal context/ files on top of it.