THE AI OPERATING SYSTEM — 4-FILE STARTER TEMPLATE
Coding180 · from "I Set Up Claude Code for 15+ Businesses"

Create these four files, in this order. Fill in the [brackets].

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1. IDENTITY.md — who is this and what do they actually do
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Business: [name]
Customers: [who they serve]
Recurring jobs someone on the team does every week:
  1. [job]
  2. [job]
  3. [job]

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2. TOOLS.md — what it's actually allowed to touch
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Start empty. Add one line per tool as the owner asks for it.
  - [tool name]: [why it's allowed, what it can't do]

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3. WORKFLOW.md — the actual repeatable steps
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For each recurring job above, write it as steps, not an outcome:
  Job: [job name]
  Step 1: [action]
  Step 2: [action]
  Step 3: [approval / handoff point]

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4. MEMORY.md — what it's allowed to remember, and for how long
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Decision log (review monthly):
  [date] — [decision or preference] — [why]