Hi community, I scratching my head about the format for making a file for Claude code to reference my projects details. I’m building a web app and have a mock up design I like built using Claude design. I want to be able to /init the project and have CC build out the file structure as I would when starting a new React Vite project. I know you can do so much more with the instructions in this file so I guess my main question is: ‘ How do you know what to put in this file and what format should I use?” Any links for reference videos would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Everyone wants an AI second brain, but almost nobody talks about the fact that there are different levels to building one, and the highest level isn't always the right one for you. In this video I break down all five levels of a Claude Code second brain, from a simple CLAUDE.md router all the way up to an always-on autonomous system, using my real Herk2 project as the example. The goal isn't to climb to level five. It's to find the lowest level that actually solves your pain so you stop re-explaining things and your agent always knows where to look.

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Quick pulse check for the community, and be honest, there's no wrong answer here. This group is wild in the best way. We've got people who opened Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes for the first time last week sitting right next to folks running full agent systems for clients. I'm genuinely curious where we all actually are. Vote below, then drop a comment with one of two things: the one thing you're stuck on, or the one win you're most proud of so far. Here's why that matters. The beginners reading this will learn more from your honest comment than from any course, and the rest of us might be able to help you get unstuck. Each one, teach one. Wherever you landed on that list, you're in the right thread. We all started at number one.