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Build Your Personal AI Assistant: The Complete Setup Workshop

Create a customized AI development environment from scratch. Learn to configure Claude Code, build CLAUDE.md files, create custom skills, and connect MCP servers to your workflow.

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Oracle AI Architect & Creator
Build Your Personal AI Assistant: The Complete Setup Workshop

Build Your Personal AI Assistant: The Complete Setup Workshop

TL;DR: In one day, you'll build a complete personalized AI assistant environment with Claude Code, custom CLAUDE.md files, your own skills, and MCP server connections. Perfect for beginners.


Why This Workshop?

Most people use AI like a generic chatbot. But what if your AI assistant:

  • Knew your coding style and followed your conventions automatically
  • Remembered your preferences across all projects
  • Had access to your data through secure connections
  • Contained your expertise as reusable skills

That's what you'll build in this workshop.

The Transformation

BeforeAfter
Generic AI chatPersonalized assistant
Manual repetitive tasksAutomated workflows
No project contextAI knows your codebase
Starting over each sessionPersistent knowledge

What You'll Build

1. Optimized Claude Code Configuration

# Install
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

# Configure
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-key"

2. Personal CLAUDE.md

Your AI context file that travels with you:

# Your Name's AI Context

## About Me
- Role: Senior Developer
- Expertise: TypeScript, React, Node.js
- Current projects: E-commerce platform

## My Preferences
- Direct and concise responses
- TypeScript strict mode always
- Tests alongside source files

## Tools I Use
- Editor: VS Code
- Package manager: pnpm

3. Custom Skills

Package your expertise:

# React Component Patterns

## Core Principles
1. Always use TypeScript
2. Functional components only
3. Custom hooks for logic

## Examples
[Your patterns...]

4. MCP Server Connections

Connect AI to your tools:

{
  "servers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"]
    }
  }
}

Workshop Modules

  1. Foundation Setup - Install and configure Claude Code
  2. Personal CLAUDE.md - Create your context file
  3. Custom Skills - Package your expertise
  4. MCP Connections - Connect to tools and data
  5. Workflow Automations - Build time-saving commands

Who Is This For?

  • Beginners new to AI coding assistants
  • Developers wanting a personalized setup
  • Teams standardizing AI workflows
  • Anyone tired of repeating context to AI

Start Building

Ready to create your personal AI environment?

Start the Free Workshop β†’


The perfect first step on your AI-augmented development journey.

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