AI Workspace for Product Work

A personal AI workspace for product management, engineering oversight, and analytics in the Local SEO niche. Built on Claude Code.

What this is

A coordinated set of AI roles (PM, Architect, Analyst, PMM) and automation pipelines (jira-to-pr, context-to-prd, etc.) that share common knowledge about your products and your industry.

The goal is to cover expertise gaps and to compress repetitive product work.

What this is not

• A chatbot. There is no single "agent" — there are pipelines and roles.
• A replacement for thinking. The roles surface considerations; you make decisions.
• A black box. Every subagent is a markdown file you can read and edit.

Quick start

Prerequisites

• Claude Code installed (https://docs.claude.com/claude-code)
• Git (for the workspace itself)

Setup

# Clone or unzip into your preferred location
cd ai-workspace

# (Optional) initialize git if you want version control
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial workspace"

# Open in Claude Code
claude

First steps

1. Open CLAUDE.md in the root — it explains the architecture
2. Open products/BrightLocal/CONTEXT.md and fill in what's relevant for your product
3. Open shared/domain/local-seo.md and add any niche-specific knowledge
4. Try the first pipeline: agents/context-to-prd/README.md

Folder map

ai-workspace/
├── CLAUDE.md                 # Architecture overview (read first)
├── README.md                 # This file
│
├── shared/                   # Cross-cutting knowledge
│   ├── personas/             # PM, Architect, Analyst, PMM as system prompts
│   ├── domain/               # Local SEO concepts, Shape Up method
│   ├── templates/            # PRD template, user story template
│   └── style/                # Voice and tone (optional)
│
├── personal/                 # Personal settings (gitignored)
│
├── skills/                   # Methodology modules
│   ├── product/              # PRD writing, story decomposition, etc.
│   ├── engineering/
│   ├── analytics/
│   └── marketing/
│
├── agents/                   # Autonomous pipelines
│   └── context-to-prd/       # Free context → PRD draft
│
└── products/                 # Product-specific context
    ├── BrightLocal/
    └── pet-project/

Working with multiple products

Each product has its own folder under products/. To switch the active product, set the environment variable before invoking a pipeline:

export ACTIVE_PRODUCT=Tools
# or
export ACTIVE_PRODUCT=pet-project

Pipelines read products/$ACTIVE_PRODUCT/CONTEXT.md automatically.

Adding a new product

1. Create products/{your-product-slug}/
2. Copy products/Tools/CONTEXT.md as a starting point
3. Fill in the questions in CONTEXT.md
4. (Optional) add architecture.md and glossary.md for richer context

That's it. No code changes needed.

Adding a new role

1. Create shared/personas/{role}.md — the system prompt for the role
2. Reference it from any subagent that should adopt this perspective

Adding a new pipeline

1. Create agents/{pipeline-name}/
2. Add CLAUDE.md (orchestrator), .claude/agents/*.md (subagents), scripts/run.sh (entry point), and README.md (how to use)
3. Use agents/context-to-prd/ as a reference

Sharing this workspace

If you decide to share with teammates:

1. Make sure .gitignore is excluding personal/, products/*/working/, products/*/codebase/, and any *.env or credential files
2. Push to a private repo
3. Have teammates clone and run their own personal/ setup

Troubleshooting

Subagent doesn't have product context. Check that ACTIVE_PRODUCT is set and that products/$ACTIVE_PRODUCT/CONTEXT.md exists.

Subagent ignores the persona. Verify the subagent's frontmatter includes the persona file in its context loading.

Working doc not appearing. Check products/$ACTIVE_PRODUCT/working/ exists and is writable. It's in .gitignore by default, so newly created folders won't be tracked.