Yesterday I demoed Claude Code to 20 PMs and 30 folks at our company Product Talk. The #1 question: where do I start.
My 4-step setup, works for any knowledge worker (PM, designer, marketer, analyst, lawyer):
1. Install. Run npm install -g
@anthropic-ai/claude-code, then type claude inside your work folder. That folder becomes the AI's home base.
2. Add a CLAUDE.md to that folder. 5 lines on who you are, what you work on, who your stakeholders are. This is the briefing it reads every session.
3. Connect one MCP. Just one. Granola, Figma, Jira, Gmail, Trello, Drive, your data warehouse. Pick the tool you open 10 times a day. The unlock is immediate.
4. Write your first slash command. Mine started as /prep-my-day. 8 lines telling Claude to pull my calendar, unread Slack mentions, and top 3 priorities every morning. You stop prompting daily and start running a routine.
Day 1 you won't feel much. Week 4 you won't remember how you worked without it.
Reply if you want my CLAUDE.md template.
Claude Code is my personal OS. It runs my morning briefing. Sharpens my product thesis before every executive readout. Pressure-tests the bets I'm placing. I share real techniques from how I actually run it. Built by a product leader. Useful for anyone (product managers, lawyers, accountants, HR, analysts, doctors) who works with information, not just for engineers.
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