LESSON 3 VIDEO SCRIPT: Build the Command Center (the shared brain)
Target: 90-120 seconds spoken. Talking head, on-screen text in [brackets].

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[ON SCREEN: This is where it clicks]

This is the lesson where it clicks.

You've got the layout from Lesson 2. One project, one folder, all under one roof. Now we build the thing that makes those folders act like one brain instead of a pile of strangers. And you build it by pasting one prompt and watching Claude do the work.

[ON SCREEN: command-center/ tree: STATE.md, PROJECTS.md, shared/, log/, outbox/, templates/, bin/]

Here's what gets built, and what each piece is for.

[ON SCREEN: STATE.md: what's happening right now, everywhere]

STATE dot M-D is the source of truth for what's happening right now, across every session. One table: the workstream, who owns it, its status, what it's blocked on. Every session reads it going in, updates it going out. This is the file that ends the contradictions from Lesson 1. One session knows a pipeline got renamed, so every session knows, because it's written down instead of trapped in a chat you closed.

[ON SCREEN: PROJECTS.md: the registry of what exists]

PROJECTS dot M-D is the registry. One row per project. It's how Claude knows what exists without you re-explaining your business every morning.

[ON SCREEN: shared/: facts true across all projects. ids.md = trust this copy]

The shared folder holds facts that are true everywhere. Your IDs and accounts live in one file, and the rule is simple: if an ID is in here, trust this copy over anything Claude finds floating around.

[ON SCREEN: log/ = the diary   |   outbox/ = the mailbox]

Log is the diary. Each session writes what it did, so tomorrow's session catches up by reading instead of asking you. Outbox is the mailbox. When work belongs to a different session, Claude doesn't reach over and do it. It drops a ready-to-paste prompt in here and you relay it.

[ON SCREEN: Shared memory + a contract. Not a robot running your agency.]

Be honest about what this is. It's shared memory plus a contract. It is not a robot running your agency while you sleep. Right now you're the one relaying prompts between sessions, and that's fine. That's the foundation everything later sits on.

[ON SCREEN: Prompt 01 → paste into Claude Code → ~20 minutes]

Open the Pack, copy prompt 01, paste it into Claude Code, and tell it where your projects live when it asks. About twenty minutes later, the whole hub is standing.

[ON SCREEN: Run prompt 01 → then Lesson 4]

Run it, then come to Lesson 4, where we teach Claude to read this brain on its own.
