The program
What this session is, what to have ready, and what you will be able to do at the end of it.
One session, you and Adam, screen-sharing. By the end you will have Claude Code running on your computer, your Builder DNA Plan loaded in, and your first real task done. Around 60 to 90 minutes.
A laptop you can install software on. The Builder DNA Plan open in another tab. One real V2E task in mind, something small you would normally do yourself, like a follow-up to a builder who has gone quiet.
Ask your plan questions and get straight answers. Draft content, emails and briefs in V2E's voice. Brief your team from one shared source. Keep building from there.
The tutorial
Nine steps, in order. Follow along on the call, or come back to any step later.
What Claude Code is
Claude Code is an AI assistant that works from your own files, on your own computer.
Most AI tools are a chat box that forgets everything the moment you close it. Claude Code is different. You point it at a folder of your documents, and it reads them, works with them, and helps you get things done. Your plan, your notes, your voice. It works from what is actually yours.
What a Context Core is
A Context Core is just a folder of plain documents your AI reads. Think of it as a shared folder for your business knowledge.
Your Builder DNA Plan goes in it. Later, so do your builder notes, your meeting summaries, your voice. Everything in one place, so the AI always has the full picture.
You do not need to remember the term. You just need a folder. We have already built yours.
Install Claude Code
This is the one-time setup, about 20 minutes. Adam is on the call for every line, but every instruction is written out here too, so you can re-do it later or hand it to someone on your team.
You will work in the terminal. Do not let the word put you off. It is just a plain text window where you type instructions instead of clicking buttons. It is already on your computer.
Open your terminal
Press Windows + R, type cmd, press Enter.
Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Enter.
Install Node.js
Node.js is free software that Claude Code runs on. You install it once.
Go to nodejs.org. Click the green LTS button. Run the downloaded installer and keep every default setting, just click through to Finish.
Now close your terminal and open it again. This matters, the terminal only sees new software after a restart. Then type this and press Enter:
v20.10.0, Node.js is installed.
Install Claude Code
One command. In your terminal, type this and press Enter:
It takes a minute or two. On a Mac, if it says permission denied, run the same line with sudo in front, then enter your computer password:
Sign in and check it works
Type claude and press Enter. The first time, it asks you to sign in. Choose browser login. It opens your browser, you log in with your Anthropic account, and you are done.
claude opens Claude Code and it waits for you to type something.
Set up your folder and load your plan
Now you make one permanent home for your work, and put your Builder DNA Plan inside it. You create the folder, then Claude Code loads the plan in for you.
Create your permanent folder
With Adam, create the folder that holds all your work. In your terminal, type this and press Enter:
That makes one permanent, easy-to-find home. The ~ is shorthand for your home folder. Everything you do with Claude Code lives in here from now on.
Download your plan
Download your Builder DNA Plan, packaged ready to load. It saves to your Downloads folder. You do not need to unzip it yourself, the next step does that for you.
Your Builder DNA Plan, split into 19 sections.
Let Claude Code load it in
Go into your new folder and start Claude Code. In the terminal, type these two lines, pressing Enter after each:
Claude Code starts up. Now paste this in:
Claude Code unzips your plan and loads it into the folder. This is your first prompt, and it is already doing real work for you.
context-core folder with your 19 Builder DNA Plan sections inside. That is your Context Core, live.
Create your two shortcuts
Right now, getting into your folder means typing that cd line every time. Let us fix that. Claude Code can set up shortcuts for you.
A shortcut, or 'alias', is a short word that runs a longer command. You are still in Claude Code from the last step, so just paste this in:
From now on, you type mroc to open your folder and start working, or mror to pick up where you left off. Two letters of difference: c for a fresh start, r to resume.
Build your CLAUDE.md
Your folder has a file called CLAUDE.md. This is the briefing Claude Code reads first, every single time.
It tells the AI who you are, what V2E does, and how you like things written. Set it once, and every conversation already knows your business. You never re-explain yourself.
Yours has a starting version already. Let us make it properly yours. Paste this in:
Claude Code interviews you, one question at a time. Answer in your own words, the way you would talk to a new hire. When it is done, your CLAUDE.md knows your business, and so does every conversation after it.
Your first real task
This is the part that matters. From now on, you get into your folder by typing mroc in the terminal. Do that, then pick the real task you brought to the session. Type it in plain English, the way you would ask a capable assistant. For example:
- 'Draft a follow-up to a builder who has gone quiet.'
- 'Write a LinkedIn post about margin leakage on custom builds.'
- 'Summarise this builder meeting and tell me the next move.'
Watch what happens. Claude Code reads your plan, reads your CLAUDE.md, and does the work in V2E's voice. Not generic AI. Your strategy, your archetypes, your words.
When you are ready to share with your team
Everything so far lives on your computer alone. That is the right place to start.
When you want your team working from the same folder, there is one more step: turning it into a shared folder the team can Save, Share and Sync. Your folder is already set up for it. One action in a free app called GitHub Desktop does it.
Where this goes
Today is one person, one session, one folder. The same approach scales to your whole team: everyone working from the same knowledge, in V2E's voice, shipping faster than they could before.
That is the cohort. Once you have felt this work for yourself, that conversation makes a lot more sense. No need to decide anything now. Get your hands on it first.