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Guide · 13 Oct 2026 · 13 min read

How to set up Claude Cowork as a second brain

One folder and two plain text files that Claude reads every session, so it already knows you. I call it a Life OS. Here's my whole setup, templates included.

Give Cowork one folder and two plain text files, CLAUDE.md and TASKS.md, and it starts every session knowing who you are and what's on your plate. The folders, the templates, the two prompts I run every week and a worked example.

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