First off, congratulations to @Jeff Van Leenen. Second, Jeff has been an amazing player on the leaderboards, he's won so many times that he has reached the highest prizes thrice now. So, he's getting another 30 minute 1-on-1 with Jake. ⏰ The 7-day clock resets. Next Monday someone new takes the top spot. 🎯 How it works: - 📝 Post things worth reading - 💬 Help people in the comments - 🛠️ Share what you're building, what's working, what's breaking - ❤️ Engage with what others are putting out there The leaderboard tracks all of it. 🎁 The prize, depending on where you're at: 🆓 Free member? You get lifetime Premium, free ⭐ Already Premium? We convert your Premium so you stop paying 👑 Already VIP? We convert your VIP so you stop paying 💎 Lifetime VIP? Get a 30 minute 1-on-1 with Jake. Either way, you stop paying.

If you've been working through the roadmaps every week, you've probably noticed something. They're getting harder. That's intentional. - We started by helping you navigate the material. - Then we started testing your understanding. - Then we started asking you to explain it, apply it, and prove that you actually grasp what you're learning. Now we're taking another step. The Drawing Room roadmap is officially open. And this one is exclusively for VIP members. Expect this roadmap to ask more from you. - More thinking. - More application. - More accountability. And fewer opportunities to just passively consume something and move on. You'll have quizzes throughout the experience and accountability posts designed to make you stop and articulate exactly what you're taking away. Take your time. - Use the AI when you need help. - Revisit lessons when something isn't clicking. - Bring questions to the calls. The point isn't to finish first. The point is to come out the other side actually understanding the material. If you're VIP, head to your Roadmap tab. 🚪 The Drawing Room is waiting. If you want access to The Drawing Room and everything else available at VIP, you can upgrade here: skool.com/cliefnotes/plans

What I took from Foundations is that the folder is the product and the model is the engine. Engines get swapped. So I've been building a small desktop app that opens a folder of plain files, a team of workers each with its own rules, and runs Claude Code on the buyer's own Mac. The buyer doesn't need VS Code. The app is only a window onto the folder. The part I want to get right is the sign-in. I'd like each buyer to use their own Claude account, the way they already sign in to Claude Code. I never see or store the login, and their usage is billed to them, not me. Two Anthropic pages read differently on that: - The legal and compliance page says an end user can sign in to the unmodified Claude Code binary with their own subscription, including where a platform hosts it. - The Agent SDK overview says developers building on the SDK should use API key authentication, and may not offer claude.ai login for their products unless Anthropic has previously approved it. My case sits between the two, because the app runs the real Claude Code binary and I'm only the window. Their support chat quoted the policy, said it couldn't rule on my design or grant an approval, and said the docs describe no approval process beyond contacting them. So I sent the whole question through that chat on the 10th. It's been passed to a person, and the written answer comes by email. Nothing yet. Until it does, I'm not building anything that assumes the answer. The product stays as files, so a buyer with Claude Code can open the folder and work with no app at all. API keys go only to services (voice, pictures, email), never to the engine. What I wonder: - Has anyone put this question to Anthropic, and what came back? - If you sell ICM setups to people who aren't builders, how do your buyers sign in? - Did most of you end up at "files only, they open it in their own Claude Code"? Super thanks!

More people catching into the context engineering train and finally realizing it’s not all about a big long prompt https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeXXTT0la6t/?mdxt=MXY5Mm1mMXFlc3k1NQ==

hey everyone, I'm turning 40 this months and are having a bit of a mid-life crisis 😁 which is good because I start thinking about what I have achieved and what is yet to come. also about family, health and everything really... the big thing for me is also AI and especially what we are learning here in this community. honestly, it still blows my mind what I have seen, witnessed and develop here since I joined the community in March this year, is, truly incredible. my own journey with AI through this space and engagements here have also exceeded my own expectations. since I'm relatively new to AI, although my first machine learning project was back in 2015 teaching a software the Ge'ez (old Ethiopian language) alphabet und how to read ancient manuscripts, I work as AI Officer at NPO and humanitarian aid organisation. this is wild to me, because 2,5 year ago I was unemployed (almost 2 years in total). so not sure where all of this heading and what's possible. turning 40 years yet make an important impact for me. not sure if most people in here are above or below 40...? but for those who turned 40, how was it for you?