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I'm dumb. Here's proof.
I was today years old when I realized I did not have some of the most important files that you need in the folder structure that Jake teaches. During today's video call with the VIP group, he went on a deep-dive rabbit trail about the ICM folder methodology that he teaches in his foundations course (free). As he was discussing it, I went to check what my root folder looked like and I did not have a Claude.md or context.md file!!! My productivity skyrocketed ever since I implemented his folder strategy over a month ago, but little did I know that I hadn't even implemented it correctly. 🤯 🤯 🤯 This goes to show that massive action beats over planning every time!
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Welcome to Clief Notes. Here's where to start.
1. Watch the intro video and introduce yourself in the intro post here 2. Start with The Foundation (free course). Concepts, folder architecture, prompting framework. Everything else builds on this. 3. Check in at the bottom of each lesson. Polls, discussion posts, other members working through the same stuff. Use them. 4. When you're ready to build real things, move to Implementation Playbooks (Level 2). When you're ready to build your own tools, Building Your Stack (Level 3). 5. Post your work. Ask questions. Help others when you can. What are you here to build?
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🏆 WEEKLY COMP #3: THE SPECIALIST 🏆
💰 $325 CASH PRIZE 💰 That's a full year of Premium. Win this and your membership pays for itself. 📋 THE CHALLENGE You just got hired again. Different client this time. Meet Sarah, a freelance copywriter who's drowning in context-switching. 📎 Download the full client brief attached to this post. Short version: She works with three types of clients (SaaS founders, ecommerce brands, local service businesses) and starts from scratch every project. She doesn't need another tool. She needs a system. Your job is to build her a folder-based AI specialist she can drop into any Claude project. The folder IS the deliverable. 🗂️ THIS WEEK YOU LEARN ICM Up until now, comps have been "build a thing." This week you utilize the methodology taught throughout the community. 🧠 Folders as architecture. That's it. That's the whole concept this week. Your specialist is a folder with five things: - 📄 identity.md (who they are) - 📐 rules.md (how they respond) - 💬 examples.md (what good looks like) - 📚 reference/ (source material) - 📖 README.md (how to use it) Drop the folder into a Claude project. Claude becomes the specialist. Reusable. Shareable. Portable. 🎯 PICK YOUR SPECIALIST Don't pick copywriting. That's Sarah's example. Pick something YOU would actually use. A few sparks to get you thinking: - A salary negotiation coach - A meal planner that knows your dietary restrictions - A code reviewer for your stack - A real estate market analyst for your city - A technical recruiter screener - A grant writer for nonprofits in your space The more specific, the better. "Marketing expert" is not a specialist. "B2B email expert for enterprise SaaS targeting CFOs" is. 💼 WHY THIS ONE LANDS ON YOUR RESUME Real talk. Winning a comp in a Skool community doesn't get you a job by itself. But shipping a working folder-based AI specialist with a clean README and a public repo? That's a portfolio piece.
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You just saw how video production turns into code. Vote below, then tell us in the comments: what is one repetitive creative task in your work that could become a pipeline?
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This file and folder stuff is changing my life!
I've always known computers, i have always felt more than comfortable inside my files and folders. When i saw what Jake was teaching, it was too good to be true. It almost felt like a matrix moment. Why did i think all of this was so complicated? How can one video completely explain the entire AI hallucination bubble that I have been stuck in since my life changed to a vibe coding addict? Either way, holy f*^&* s^*(!!!! This is a big deal for me, i have been so unorganized my whole life, now with the codex and claude apps, i just structured them to mirror whats in my folders, made the necessary md files in each, and i have not stopped being productive since. I used to be so scatter brained, but with this system, and the new codex and claude desktop apps allowing you to organize folder structures on the left panel, this was a match made in heaven with Jakes system. No dashboard, don't want one, i have been more productive in the morning by simply opening my app and looking at my folders, every conversation thats ongoing with full understanding of the project and what is needed every step of the way. I set up a system where i use the code word "pickup" or "handoff" Anytime i say handoff at the end of the night, the MD files already know that it triggers a process of writing to the memory files, doing a verification pass to make sure it was written succesfully, and if i am in an active app building project, it will commit and push to the github branch automatically. I can fully close the chat window with no worries of losing any progress, then in the morning, from any other app i want, any terminal window, any IDE, i just go back to that folder with my AI and say "pickup" it will wake up, not only get up to speed itself, but give me a summary of where we were and what we should do next. This solved the problem i had my whole life of forgetting my progress and leaving things undone. I haven't participated much in this community because I can't find time, but im finally finding time because I have done more work in 2 weeks than i have done all year.
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