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title: instibrain with Claude Code, in eight short lessons
description: Your first week on the brain with Claude Code: the first session, a question, a page, the folder on your computer, history, two windows, an operation.
url: https://instibrain.ai/guides/instibrain-with-claude-code
updated: 2026-11-07
site: https://instibrain.ai/llms.txt
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# Your brain with Claude Code, in eight short lessons.

Claude basics said what Claude Code is, and instibrain basics what it reads. These lessons run the two together: your first session, a question, a page, the files, the history, a second window, an operation, and the checks that keep the brain clean.

Lesson 1: Your first session  →  instibrain basics comes first

You need instibrain installed, Claude signed in, and at least one space beside Personal.

the lessons · your brain with your AI

## Eight lessons, from the first session to a clean brain.

The first five are the daily loop: start, ask, write, the files, the history. The last three widen it: a second window, a longer task, and the checks that keep the pages true.

- 1Your first session Claude asks who you are, writes it down, sets the computer up, and from then on starts every session from your pages.
- 2Ask your brain Two or three words find the page; Claude reads it whole and names it, with how far its text may travel.
- 3Write a page together The folder map first, then the page where its kind lives, with its index line; a proposal where you only read.
- 4The folder on your computer Every space is a folder of plain files; the watch keeps it in step, and a conflict comes as a copy beside your file.
- 5Every change kept Each version names its writer; what a space keeps and for how long, and how a page comes back.
- 6Two windows, one room A second window hears its rooms with nobody typing into it, and answers from the brain in 36 seconds.
- 7An operation A task with an end goal, days to weeks: its brief, its window, its room, and its close.
- 8Keep the brain clean The curator's checks: every page indexed, every link resolving, one place per fact, and the sweep.
Start lesson 1   →

what you learned

## Eight things to type, for the first week.

Each line is a lesson. Say it to Claude in your own words when you like.

| To | Type |
| See what a session starts from | `Which pages did you read before my first word, in order?` |
| Find a page and its label | `Where do we keep what we know about <thing>? Name the page, its space, and its label.` |
| Add a page where it belongs | `Add a page about <thing> where it belongs. Show me the folder and the index line first.` |
| Check a file you edited by hand | `Read that page again from the brain. What did I change?` |
| See who changed what | `What changed in <space> this week, and who changed each page?` |
| Open a second window | `open <specialist> terminal` |
| Start a longer task | `Start an operation: <goal>, due <date>. Write its brief.` |
| Check a space | `Run the structure check on <space>. What is wrong and what is missing?` |

the next series  AI basics

The words under Claude and instibrain: tokens, the three levers, vectors, embeddings, cosine, chunks, RAG, and why pages beat training.
before the first session  Get started

The invite, the code, the installer, and your AI.
every series  Guides

The four kinds, what you need, and how a lesson works.

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