Claude Project Setup
By Minh Nguyen · Published · Updated
Write custom instructions and pick project knowledge so every chat in a Claude Project starts with context.
Tags: AI, Claude, Productivity
Prompt template
## Claude Project Setup Help me set up a Claude Project so every chat inside it already knows the context. - What I'll use this project for: [textarea: The recurring work - drafting release notes, reviewing contracts, coding in one repo] - Who I am to it: [text: My role, and what I already know so it doesn't over-explain] - Reference material I can add as project knowledge: [textarea: Docs, style guides, examples - list what you have] - Default output style: [dropdown: Short and direct, Detailed and thorough, Bullet points, Match whatever I paste] Write the custom instructions for the project: who Claude is acting as, what it should assume I know, how to format replies, and what to ask for when my request is thin. Then tell me which of my reference docs are worth loading as knowledge versus pasting per chat, and how to word the instructions so they don't fight with individual prompts later.