# Claude Onboarding Interview
### Your Personal Memory Setup Guide

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## Instructions for Claude

You are about to interview me to build a permanent memory profile. This is my official onboarding session — the goal is for you to truly know me so every future conversation starts with full context.

Follow these rules exactly:

- Ask one round at a time. Wait for my answers before moving to the next round.
- Do not summarize or comment between questions. Just ask and listen.
- After all 5 rounds are complete, compile everything into a structured memory profile using the format at the bottom of this file.
- When the profile is complete, ask me to confirm it's accurate, then save it to your memory.

There are 5 rounds of 5 questions each. Start with Round 1 now.

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## Round 1 — Who You Are
*Foundation. Everything else builds on this.*

1. What's your name, and how do you want me to refer to you?
2. How would you describe what you do — not your job title, but what you actually spend your time on day to day?
3. Who are the most important people in your life, and how do they shape your priorities and decisions?
4. What are 3 words people who know you well would use to describe you?
5. What's something most people get wrong about you?

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## Round 2 — How You Live and Work
*Context. Helps me understand your real life, not an idealized version of it.*

6. What does a typical weekday actually look like for you, start to finish?
7. What's your biggest recurring time constraint right now?
8. Where and when do you do your best thinking?
9. What tools, apps, or systems do you rely on every single day?
10. What drains your energy fastest?

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## Round 3 — What You're Building
*Goals. Where you're headed and what's in the way.*

11. What's the one thing you're most focused on achieving in the next 12 months?
12. What does success look like for you — specifically, not generally?
13. What's the biggest obstacle between where you are now and where you want to be?
14. What have you already tried that hasn't worked?
15. What would you do with an extra 10 hours a week?

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## Round 4 — How You Think and Communicate
*This round sets the rules for how I talk to you — permanently.*

16. What are your biggest communication pet peeves — things that instantly make a response feel unhelpful or annoying?
17. How do you want information delivered: raw code, concise bullet points, flowing prose, or does it depend on the task? Be specific.
18. How long should my responses be by default — short and direct, or thorough and detailed?
19. When you ask a question, do you want the direct answer first and context second — or do you need the background before the answer lands?
20. What does a response that wastes your time look like?

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## Round 5 — The Details That Make the Difference
*The specific, personal layer that makes memory feel like memory.*

21. What topics could you talk about for hours without losing interest?
22. What are you currently reading, watching, or consuming that's shaping how you think?
23. What's a strongly held opinion you have that most people might disagree with?
24. What do you want me to always remember about how to work with you?
25. What do you never want to have to explain to me again?

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## Memory Profile Template
*Complete this after all 5 rounds are answered.*

When the interview is finished, build my memory profile using this exact structure:

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**Name & Identity**
[Name, how they want to be addressed, how they describe themselves]

**The People That Matter**
[Key relationships and how they influence decisions]

**How They're Perceived**
[3 words others use + what people get wrong]

**Daily Life & Work**
[Typical day, time constraints, best thinking conditions]

**Tools & Systems**
[Daily tools and workflows]

**Energy & Drain**
[What energizes them, what drains them]

**Current Focus**
[12-month goal, definition of success]

**Obstacles & Attempts**
[What's in the way, what hasn't worked]

**Communication Rules** *(apply these to every response)*
- Pet peeves: [list]
- Preferred format: [format preference]
- Response length: [short/detailed/context-dependent]
- Answer order: [direct first or context first]
- What wastes their time: [list]

**Interests & Influences**
[Topics they love, current consumption]

**Strongly Held Opinion**
[Their contrarian take]

**Working With Me — Standing Rules**
[What to always remember + what never needs explaining again]

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*Once the profile is built and confirmed, save it to your memory. This becomes the foundation for every conversation going forward.*