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One scheduled task. Your setup gets smarter every Sunday.
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Most people set up Claude once and never touch it again
Your setup never gets better because you never update it. Your context files get stale. Your skills don't match the work you're actually doing anymore. Claude keeps running on the same instructions from week one.
But you can fix that with one scheduled task. Every Sunday, Claude reviews your own sessions, looks at what you've been working on, and saves a list of suggested improvements. Your setup literally gets smarter every week without you thinking about it.
Step by step
How to set it up
Step 1: Open Cowork
Open the Claude desktop app and go to Cowork.
Step 2: Type /schedule
In the chat input, type /schedule. Claude will walk you through creating a scheduled task.
Step 3: Set it to weekly
When it asks how often, choose weekly. Pick Sunday afternoon (I do 4 PM) so the suggestions are ready before your Monday.
Step 4: Paste the prompt below
When it asks what the task should do, paste the prompt below. Point it at your working folder so it can see your files.
Step 5: Let it run
Every Sunday it runs automatically and saves an improvement report. You review it Monday morning and update anything that makes sense.
Important
Scheduled tasks only run while your computer is awake and the Claude desktop app is open. If your computer is asleep when the task is scheduled, Cowork will run it automatically once you open the app again.
The prompt
Weekly self-improvement prompt (paste into /schedule)
Review all the files and outputs in my working folder from the past week. Look at the types of tasks I've been running, the outputs I've created, and any patterns in how I've been working.
Based on what you find, create a report called "weekly-setup-improvements.md" with:
1. CONTEXT FILE UPDATES: Are my about-me.md, voice-and-style.md, or working-rules.md missing anything based on the work I actually did this week? Suggest specific lines to add or change.
2. NEW SKILL IDEAS: Based on tasks I repeated more than once this week, suggest 2-3 new Skills I should create as /slash-commands. Include what each one would do.
3. WORKFLOW GAPS: Anything I did manually this week that could have been automated or done faster with a different approach?
4. FILES TO CLEAN UP: Any drafts, duplicates, or outdated files I should move or delete.
5. WHAT'S WORKING: What parts of my current setup are working well and should stay exactly as they are.
Keep it short and actionable. No fluff. Save the file to my working folder.
Copy the Prompt
What this looks like after a few weeks
Week 1: Claude notices you keep writing the same type of email and suggests a Skill for it. Week 2: It flags that your voice-and-style.md doesn't mention how you write for a specific client. Week 3: It catches that you have 12 draft files you forgot about. Week 4: Your setup is tighter than most people's will ever be, and you didn't spend a single minute on it.
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