One method for giving AI agents exactly the context they need and nothing they don't. Shipped as 5 reusable templates plus a one-click launcher. Same engine for agency clients, coding, and the mastermind.
The one idea
Every task needs three answers, and most setups fail the third: what am I doing, how, and what should I NOT load. Three layers keep the window clean and the agent on the rails.
Always loaded. Folder map, naming rules, routing table. Under ~200 lines.
"What's your task? Go to workspace X, also load Y." 30 to 50 lines.
Self-contained. Says exactly what to load and what to skip per task.
60% infrastructure · 30% orchestration · 10% AI judgment. Route bulk work down a layer before spending Opus tokens.
A blog-writing agent never loads the deploy pipeline. A coding agent never loads brand voice. Less wasted context means more one-shots and less babysitting.
What's in the folder
Double-click New Clief Project, pick a template, name it. It builds the folder, opens it, and offers to launch Claude Code. Or run new-clief-project.cmd.
Generic 3-layer starter with worked example workspaces.
Isolated context per client so brand never bleeds across accounts.
Locked voice per project. Wire blog, PAA, and sourcing skills per stage.
The "same work every week" machine. Built for local-SEO lead gen.
Tool Ladder + PRD + a repo index to fork. For dashboards and tools.
3 interview-style skill builders plus reference docs.
Applied
Only two things change per use: which workspaces you define, and which skills you wire into each stage.
Per client → client-delivery. Recurring local SEO → small-business-ops. Onboarding = copy + one routing row. Maps to the fleet: Oliver scopes, Carlos sequences.
New app → workspace-blueprint. Dashboards and tools → custom-frontend, PRD before code. Research → PRD → build in sessions → screenshot before done.
Run the cohort → content-production + a community/ workspace. Package SOPs as done-for-you workspaces. Members productive in 15 minutes is the sellable outcome.
One scoped workspace per campaign for Einstein, Tommy, Ghost, Sherlock, Shakespeare. Wire each agent's skills into the stage where they belong.
Cheat sheet
Most work stops at Level 3 (VS Code + Claude Code). Build a custom front-end only when native tools genuinely don't fit.
client-delivery, fill _config/small-business-opscontent-productionworkspace-blueprintcustom-frontend, fill PRD.md firstskill-starters/init-workspace.sh "<dir>" "<Name>" "<tag>" "<template>"