Claude Cowork Setup: Folder, Settings, and Habits

Cowork folders: Make one folder called "Claude Cowork." Add 3 subfolders: about-me, outputs, templates. Point Cowork to it. This is now Claude's brain. Settings: Select Opus 4.8 for hard tasks. Turn on Thinking & Effort = High. Block 20 minutes and set it up once. Files: Open a fresh session. Ask Claude to interview you. Build your about-me, anti-ai-writing-style, and my-company files. Trim each one under 2,000 tokens. If a line doesn't change Claude, cut it. Habits: Talk, don't type. Install Wispr Flow (it's free). End prompts with "ask me questions." Call out the mistake. Don't accept it. Start a new session every 20 messages. System: Save your best work as a template. Reuse it instead of retyping it.