Claude is my operating system.
Claude is my operating system.
It's a CLM, Word plugin, assistant and agent all rolled into one.
Right now, while I'm answering legal questions, Claude is running in the background restructuring my folder system, adding context where it needs to be, organizing everything under a single file that tells it how to work with me and how to work with legal at Worksome.
The CLAUDE.md file.
Think of it as the instruction manual for Worksome's legal department and me. Except I didn't write it for humans.
The structure is three layers:
1️⃣ The CLAUDE.md file
It includes who I am, how legal works, what I care about, how I like information presented, how I want AI to think and handle queries, which folder to go to for which task.
2️⃣ A context document written for AI in each folder
Plus the actual knowledge. Ya know - the files and Word docs lawyers love.
3️⃣ Claude has navigation instructions
In the CLAUDE.md file and context files within each folder.
Baby experiments first. Low stakes. When those work, and only then do I apply it to the things that matter.
It's a little scary.
Mostly exciting.
And I genuinely have no idea what the end state looks like yet.
I'm documenting all of this in AI Field Notes from a GC. Next issue is entirely about my CLAUDE.md file and Cowork.
If you're building something similar and rethinking where context lives, how your systems are structured, what it means to actually run legal on AI, I'd love to compare notes.
(See, I told you I didn't need a CLM or a Word plugin. 😉)