This both have their own important. Still wanna know about your thoughts on this!!? Something shifted in how Claude actually works — and most people haven't caught up yet. What this is: Context Engineering is the practice of building the information Claude sees before you type anything — identity files, voice profiles, reusable skills — instead of trying to write the "perfect prompt." Why it matters: A perfect prompt fixes one conversation. A context system fixes every conversation you'll ever have. That's the compounding advantage. How to do it — build these 3 files this weekend: Identity file: Your name, role, current project, decisions already made. Claude stops second-guessing obvious things. Voice file: How you write, what you find cringe, your contrarian takes. Copy-paste prompt to build it: "Interview me about how I write and think. Ask me 10 questions about my tone, my opinions, and what I hate reading online. Then write my voice profile." Anti-AI words list: Every word Claude should never use when writing as you. Start with: delve, it's worth noting, in today's fast-paced world, nuanced, tapestry. Load these into Claude's Custom Instructions or a Project. Every conversation gets dramatically better — same prompts, different context. Try this now: Open Claude. Type: "Interview me to build my voice profile. Ask me 10 questions." Spend 10 minutes on it. Save the result. That's your voice file done. What's the one word you're most tired of seeing Claude use? Drop it below — I'll add the best ones to my own list

Big thank you to Nate for putting this together and providing all the resources for free — honestly made it super easy to follow and take action. For my build, I wanted to challenge myself to keep everything 100% free. I ended up using the OpenRouter free APIs and the openrouter/free model, which dynamically picks from available free models. This helped me get around the usual limits you hit when sticking to a single free model. Still pretty basic right now, but it’s working — and that’s what matters. I’ll keep improving it step by step from here. The next step is to build something that actually provides real value and start something of my own. I’ll see you in AIS+ @Nate Herk If you're just starting out, don’t overthink it — you can build something real without spending anything. 💪

6 months in AI feels like 6 years anywhere else Tools that were genuinely the best option earlier this year are already replaced by something better. What's the one you used religiously that you've now completely abandoned? For me it was a couple of the early image generators I was loyal to such as Midjourney. Spent months learning their quirks and prompt styles. Then Higgsfield, Nano Banana 2 and ChatGPT Image 2 came along and I haven't opened the old ones in months Curious what's in your AI graveyard right now. Drop the tool below and what replaced it.

I’m Elias . Building an AI automation agency from scratch. Today wasn’t anything crazy… but it was one of those “things finally clicked” days. Spent most of the time fixing a client workflow that was giving inconsistent outputs. At first I thought the issue was the prompt (as usual), so I kept tweaking it for like 2–3 hours… Didn’t really fix it. Then I looked at what the client was actually sending as input —and yeah… it was a mess. Random context, no structure, missing details. So instead of touching the AI again, I did this: → added a simple input form (goal, context, tone, constraints) → cleaned the data before it even hits the model Same exact prompt after that. Output instantly became usable. Lowkey annoying how much time I wasted on prompts when the real issue was upstream 😅 Anyway, Day 1 lesson: If your AI output sucks, check the input first. Let’s see what breaks tomorrow.

This is the full walkthrough of how I build my AI Operating System inside Claude Code, from the frameworks I use to think about it (the Three Ms and the Four Cs) to the actual setup, connections, skills, and routines that run while I sleep. By the end you'll know exactly how to set up your own AIOS, even if you've never opened Claude Code before. The full template, docs, and resources are free in my school community linked below. GITHUB REPO