About-Me Folder Setup For Cowork
Create the three files (about-me, memory, writing-rules) that turn Claude Cowork into an assistant that actually knows you and writes in your voice.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
That's a smart idea—having Claude understand your context and writing style across sessions would be really helpful. You could set up a system where you maintain a personal notes file about yourself, your business, and your preferences, then paste it into each session. Some people also use global instructions if your Claude setup supports that. Would you want help organizing a personal knowledge base, or are you looking for a different approach?
COWORK ABOUT-ME SETUP COMPLETE FILES CREATED (ready to load) 1. about-me.md • Name: Drew Nickles • Email: drew@omnispark.co • Business: AgentVolt (AI skill marketplace) • Audience: creators, builders, solopreneurs • Current projects: skill API, creator onboarding flow • Timezone: Pacific (PDT) 2. writing-rules.md • Avoid: "innovative", "cutting-edge", "seamlessly" • Use: concrete examples, numbers, names • Tone: direct, concise, technical (not hype) • Structure: problem → solution → action • Reference: Wikipedia anti-AI-writing patterns (14 rules) 3. memory.md • Session log (append-only) • Active projects per session • Decisions made + rationale • Blockers encountered + resolutions • Last updated: Session 47 (today) GLOBAL INSTRUCTIONS UPDATED All future sessions load all three files at startup USAGE No setup needed—just start chatting. Claude will reference your about-me, apply writing-rules, and log session memory automatically. TO REFRESH Edit any .md file directly in Cowork. Changes apply to next session. To archive old memory, move entries to memory-archive.md.
About this skill
name: about-me-folder-cowork-setup description: Create the three files (about-me, memory, writing-rules) that turn Claude Cowork into an assistant that actually knows you and writes in your voice.
About-Me Folder Setup For Cowork
What This Does
The creator has Claude scaffold an about-me folder inside Cowork with three MD files: about-me covers name, business, audience, projects; writing-rules pulls from the Wikipedia anti-AI-writing page to enumerate patterns to avoid; memory is an append-only log Claude updates after each session. Global instructions are updated to reference all three at the start of every session.
What You Get
- About-me MD covering identity, business, projects
- writing-rules MD sourced from anti-AI-writing patterns
- memory MD with append-only session log
- updated global instructions referencing all three
- naming convention for future MD files
Customize
- user_name: who Claude addresses
- business_focus: current company and projects
- writing_don'ts: banned AI patterns
- memory_append_rules: what triggers new memory entries
- global_instruction_location: settings pane or root folder
Sample Output
Claude drops in a memory MD showing preferences captured, active projects listed, and a writing-rules file with 14 anti-AI patterns before every session.
Target Audience
Cowork users setting up a personal assistant from scratch
SKILL.md preview
---
name: about-me-folder-cowork-setup
description: Use this skill to scaffold an about-me folder with about-me, memory, and writing-rules files that make Claude Cowork sessions personalized and in the user's voice.
version: 1.0.0
category: Personal Productivity
author: AgentVolt
license: proprietary
tags:
- personal-productivity
- standard
---
# About-Me Folder Setup For Cowork
Scaffolds three markdown files — about-me, writing-rules, and memory — and wires global instructions to load them at the start of every Cowork session, so Claude has persistent context instead of starting cold.
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