Install your AI Operating System
in one guided afternoon.
You've received an AIOS bundle — a single file containing all nine layers of an AI-powered operating system for your business. This guide shows you exactly what it is, what it will do for you, and what to expect at every step. You don't need to be technical. You'll run two commands, and Claude handles everything else while you answer questions in plain English.
What is the AIOS?
The AIOS — AI-Powered Business Operating System — is a workspace on your computer where Claude (Anthropic's AI) runs your business operations alongside you. It's not an app you log into. It's a system of nine layers that work together: a foundation, a memory of who you are and what you do, a pipeline for your business data, and a set of AI tools that use all of it.
The difference between this and "just using ChatGPT": your AIOS already knows your business. Every session starts with your context, your numbers, your meetings, and your priorities already loaded. You never re-explain yourself.
Everything lives in one folder on your machine. Your data stays local. Your API keys stay in one protected file. And the whole thing is backed up to your own private GitHub.
What you can use it for
Each outcome below comes from a specific module you're about to install. This is what your week looks like when the install is done.
An AI that knows your business
Start any session, type /prime, and Claude already knows who you are, what you sell,
your strategy, and your current priorities. No re-explaining, ever.
All your numbers in one place
Revenue, traffic, subscribers, pipeline — collected automatically every morning into one local database. Ask "how's the business trending?" and get a real answer.
Never lose work again
Every change tracked, every session logged, the whole workspace backed up to your private GitHub. Laptop dies? Download and keep going.
Perfect memory of every meeting
Meeting recordings and Slack messages collected into a searchable database. "Find that call with Jimmy last week" actually works.
An AI assistant on your phone
A Telegram bot with full access to your workspace. Text it, send voice notes, send screenshots — from anywhere. It knows your business because it reads your AIOS.
A morning intelligence report
At 7am, your metrics, yesterday's meetings, and team conversations get synthesized into one brief, delivered to Telegram. Reply to drill into anything.
Every commitment tracked
A full Getting Things Done system — inbox, projects, next actions, waiting-for — managed by Claude with a live dashboard.
A system that improves itself
/brainstorm finds what you're still doing manually. /explore shapes the
fix into a buildable plan. Your AIOS grows with you.
Before you start
Four things to have ready. If you're missing one, sort it before opening the bundle — everything else gets handled during the install.
A Mac, Linux, or Windows machine
The installer is built and tested on Mac, and members run their AIOS on Windows too. On Windows, run the two Stage 1 commands inside Git Bash (it comes free with Git for Windows) — after that Claude drives everything and adapts any Mac-specific steps as it goes.
Claude Code installed, with a Claude subscription
Claude Code is the desktop AI tool that drives the entire install. If it's not installed yet, get it at docs.claude.com/claude-code — it takes about five minutes.
Accounts you'll connect along the way
A free GitHub account (backup), Telegram on your phone (your AI assistant), a meeting recorder (Fireflies or Fathom — free tiers work), and Slack admin access if your team uses it. Claude shows you exactly where to click for each one — you just paste the keys back.
3–4 hours, ideally split across 2–3 sittings
You can pause after any module and pick up where you left off. The suggested sitting plan is below. Monthly running cost when everything's live: roughly $1–3/month (the Daily Brief's AI calls) — everything else runs on free tiers.
The 9 modules, in install order
The order is locked on purpose — each layer builds on the ones below it. The foundation goes in first, your business context second, and everything else stacks on top. Click the stat cards at the top of this page to filter.
AIOS Starter Kit
~2 MIN FREE NO KEYS AUTOMATICThe foundation. An empty, organized workspace skeleton that every other layer fills in — folders for commands, skills, and context, plus the bootstrap commands you'll use daily. Installs by itself; no questions asked.
ContextOS
30–45 MIN FREE NO KEYS INTERVIEWTeaches Claude your business. This one is a conversation, not a setup — Claude interviews you about who you are, what you sell, your strategy, and your numbers, then shapes it into context files loaded at the start of every future session. The quality of what you share here determines how useful everything else becomes.
DataOS
30–60 MIN FREE 1–7 KEYSYour business data warehouse. Claude maps where your numbers live — Stripe, Google Analytics, YouTube, your CRM, spreadsheets — and builds a custom pipeline that pulls fresh numbers into one local database every morning while you sleep.
InfraOS
20–30 MIN FREE NO KEYS ⏸ PAUSE POINTBackup, history, and safety. Sets up version control (think "save points in a video game"), backs your workspace up to a private GitHub repository, and installs the security hygiene that keeps your API keys from ever leaking.
IntelOS
20–30 MIN FREE 1–3 KEYSPerfect memory for meetings and team chat. Every meeting recording (Fireflies or Fathom) and every Slack message gets collected into a searchable database on a schedule. Ask your AI "has anyone mentioned the rebrand?" and it knows.
CommandOS
30–45 MIN FREE 2–3 KEYSA full Claude agent on your phone, via Telegram. Text it, send voice notes, photos, screenshots, brain dumps — it has your whole workspace as context. Claude sets up the entire bot; your job is creating it in Telegram and pasting back two keys.
ProductivityOS
10–15 MIN FREE NO KEYSA complete Getting Things Done system run by Claude. Capture everything to an inbox, process it with a guided decision tree, and see your whole operational picture on one auto-refreshing dashboard.
Daily Brief
20–30 MIN ~$1–3/MO 1 KEYThe payoff module. Every morning at 7am, your metrics, meeting transcripts, and Slack conversations get synthesized into one intelligent report with a dashboard image, key signals, and recommendations — delivered to Telegram. Reply to drill in.
Slash Command Toolkit
5–10 MIN FREE NO KEYSThe growth engine. Two commands that help you figure out what to build next:
/brainstorm scans your workspace for things you still do manually, and
/explore shapes any idea into a concrete, buildable plan.
Split it into three sittings
Workspace, context & backup
- 1 · Starter Kit
- 2 · ContextOS (the interview)
- 3 · DataOS
- 4 · InfraOS (the pause point)
Memory & your phone
- 5 · IntelOS
- 6 · CommandOS
Productivity & the brief
- 7 · ProductivityOS
- 8 · Daily Brief
- 9 · Slash Commands
How to install it
Two stages. Stage 1 is the only time you'll touch the terminal — two commands, copy and paste. Stage 2 is a conversation with Claude, who does all the technical work for you.
Unpack the bundle — 2 minutes, 2 commands
Open the Terminal app (press ⌘ + Space, type "Terminal", hit Enter). Copy and paste these two commands, pressing Enter after each. Replace the date with the one in your bundle's filename.
The second command checks that the destination folder is empty (it won't overwrite anything that exists), then places the nine module packages, a manifest, and the install instructions into ~/my-aios — your new AIOS home. You'll see a confirmation message with next steps.
Let Claude take it from here
In the same Terminal window, type cd ~/my-aios and press Enter, then type claude . and press Enter. Claude Code opens inside your new AIOS folder.
Open the file INSTALL-PROMPT.md (it's in the folder), copy its entire contents, and paste it into the Claude chat.
That's it — Claude now runs the whole install. It checks the bundle, walks the nine modules in order, runs every command itself, and explains each step in plain English. Your job: answer its questions, paste API keys when asked, and type "confirm" at the one pause point.
What happens during the install
No surprises. Here is the exact sequence Claude follows once you paste the install prompt — including the three moments where it waits for you.
Safety check before anything touches your machine YOU TYPE: go
Claude reads the bundle's manifest and verifies every module package against its fingerprint (a checksum). If anything was corrupted or tampered with in transit, the install stops before a single file is placed. When everything checks out, it prints a summary and waits for you to type "go".
Module 1 installs automatically
The Starter Kit skeleton is copied into your folder — instant, no questions.
The ContextOS interview
The longest and most valuable stretch. Claude asks about your business — what you do, who you serve, how you make money, what your priorities are. Talk to it like a sharp new hire on day one. You can paste existing documents (a business plan, a services page) instead of typing from scratch.
DataOS maps your numbers
Claude asks where your business data lives and builds collectors for each source. For every source you connect, it shows you exactly where to find the API key — you copy, paste, done. Connect one or two sources now; you can always add more later.
⏸ The pause point — InfraOS YOU TYPE: confirm
Before creating your private backup repository on GitHub, Claude stops and shows you the plan: your GitHub username, the repository name, and your token. This is the only action in the entire install that can't be undone, which is why it's the only step that requires explicit confirmation. Review, type "confirm", and it proceeds.
Modules 5–9 install one at a time
IntelOS, CommandOS, ProductivityOS, Daily Brief, and the Slash Commands. Before each one, Claude shows you what it's about to do and waits for you to press Enter. If any step fails, it stops and explains the problem in plain English — it never plows ahead leaving a mess behind.
Cleanup and the proof-of-life test
Claude tucks the module packages into an archive folder (so your AIOS can re-ship itself someday), prints a final summary of all nine layers, and runs /prime — and for the first time, your AI loads your business context, your numbers, and your priorities, and tells you what it knows. That's the moment you know it worked.
FAQ — and what if something goes wrong?
Is my data safe? Where does everything live?
.env) that is explicitly excluded from the GitHub backup, so secrets never leave your
computer. The GitHub repository is private — only you can see it.I'm not technical. Am I really the right person to do this?
Do I have to do it all in one go?
The install stopped with an error. Now what?
What does "checksum mismatch" mean at the safety check?
It says my target folder "exists and is not empty."
~/my-aios-2) or, if you're certain the folder's contents are disposable, add
--force to the end of the command.What does it cost to run each month?
Can I add more modules later?
/install command for adding them. The /brainstorm command will also suggest
what to build next based on how you actually work.