🤖 AI Project Instructions (CLAUDE.md starter)

A standing instruction file so your AI remembers how YOU work — paste it at the start of any project chat.

For: Anyone who uses AI regularly and is tired of re-explaining everything.

# My Project Instructions — [project name]
_Give this to your AI at the start of a conversation (or save it as CLAUDE.md if you use Claude Code)._

## What this project is
[One paragraph: what you're building/doing and the end goal.]

## About me
- I am: [role/situation — e.g. "a first-time founder, not technical"]
- Explain things: [simply / with detail / step by step, one step at a time]
- My time budget: [e.g. "evenings only, ~5 hrs/week"]

## How I want you to work
- Always: [e.g. "give me the simplest option first", "ask before assuming"]
- Never: [e.g. "use jargon without explaining it", "give walls of text"]
- When I say "ship it" I mean: [your definition of done]

## Current state
- Done so far: [list]
- Working on now: [the one current thing]
- Next up: [what follows]

## Key facts you should remember
- [Fact 1 — e.g. budget, deadline, tools you use]
- [Fact 2]

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_Tip: update the "Current state" section each session — your AI picks up exactly where you left off._