I use Claude Code for both my personal projects and my day job. The problem: those are two totally different Microsoft environments with different rules. My work tenant is locked down and blocks third-party MCP servers. My personal setup has no such restriction and runs a bunch of MCPs. Cramming both into one config was messy — and risky, because the wrong tool or the wrong account could fire in the wrong context. So I split it into two fully isolated profiles I switch between with a single command. The key trick: CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR Claude Code loads its entire config from one directory — MCP servers, plugins, memory, permissions, even its own login. Point an environment variable at a different folder and you get a clean, completely separate profile. Personal = the default ~/.claude (MCPs on) Work = ~/.claude-work (no Microsoft MCP — CLI/REST only) Nothing leaks between them. Different memory, different plugins, different permissions, different sign-in. One command to switch I dropped two functions into my PowerShell profile: function claude-personal { $env:CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=$null; claude @args } function claude-work { $env:CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR="$env:USERPROFILE\.claude-work"; claude @args } Now claude-work launches the locked-down work brain and claude-personal launches my normal one. That's the whole switch. Why the work profile uses CLI instead of MCP Since work won't allow MCP servers for Microsoft, the work profile's CLAUDE.md has a hard rule baked in: No Microsoft MCP. Use CLI/REST only: CLI for Microsoft 365, Azure CLI, Power Platform CLI, Graph. Here's the insight that made this click for me: first-party Microsoft CLIs are usually allowed by corporate Conditional Access even when third-party MCP connectors are blocked — because you authenticate with Microsoft's own app IDs, not a third party's. So I didn't actually lose access to anything. I just reach it through the CLI/REST layer instead of an MCP tool. Same APIs underneath. Bonus: I built it "MCP-ready"

Claude Opus 4.8 added dynamic workflows to Claude Code, and they look a lot like skills, subagents, agent teams, and the /goal feature, so it's easy to get confused about when you'd actually reach for one. In this video I break down what dynamic workflows really are, how they stack up against everything else on the complexity ladder, why one prompt burned through half my $200 monthly plan, and the simple question I ask before deciding if a job is even worth a workflow. I also cover the hidden stuff like ultracode mode and /deep-research so you don't accidentally torch your session limit.

What a shit system . 4.8 and 4.7 are not working again. Burning tokens in a speed which is not possible . anybody else any problems as well??? They are funded with to much money but taken care of there users they dont care it's really unbelievable every week I have problems and there is no customer service at all. sending emails they dont answer

Who is building their own personal AI OS from the ground up? I would love to talk to you about your strategies and frameworks you are using. Im getting started with mine and plan to scale it to be a whole team running itself with an orchestrator.

In this video I show you how I turned Claude Opus 4.8 into my full AI operating system that runs my businesses, holds all my context, and replaces the constant tab switching between apps. I walk through the Four C's I use to build it (context, connections, capabilities, cadence), the mindset shift of working out of Claude Code by default, how I organize files and skills, and the bike method for safely giving agents more autonomy. By the end you'll know exactly how to set up your own AI OS and the trap to avoid when you start handing it real keys. GITHUB REPO