The Startup Ideas Podcast
The Startup Ideas Podcast
Greg Isenberg
How to use Claude Code better than 99% of People
48 minutes Posted Aug 17, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
– Intro: The AI Employee Map
– Step 1: Creating The Workspace In Claude Desktop
– Step 2: The Brief And Plan Mode
– Step 3: The Ticket And Defining Done
– Step 4: The Eyes And Desktop Preview
– Step 5: Review In Layers And The Diff View
– Step 6: The Schedule And Routines
– Step 7: Parallel Agents And Worktree Isolation
– Step 8: Permissions: Safe, Ask First, Human-Owned
– Step 9: Skills, Connectors, And Hooks
– The Seven-Day Plan
– Closing Thoughts
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Get Claude Code: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/claude-greg
In this solo episode I lay out the exact system I use to turn Claude Code into what I call an AI employee. My premise is simple: give Claude the same things you would give a person joining your company (a workspace, memory, a brief, a clear ticket, eyes, review, a schedule, and permissions). I build the whole setup live around a real idea I found on ideabrowser.com , a missed-lead responder for med spas, and I share the specific prompts I use at each step. By the end, the product, the customer feedback, the docs, the demos, the reviews, and the recurring work all live inside one operating loop. I close with a seven-day plan you can run at your own pace. And thank you to Claude and Anthropic for supporting the podcast.
Setup Claude Code to be your 24/7 employee: https://startup-ideas-pod.link/Claude-code
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Key Points
I treat Claude Code like a new hire: workspace, memory, brief, ticket, eyes, review, schedule, permissions.
The repo brain teaches Claude how I work and what good looks like.
Plan mode comes first: Claude reads the context, proposes an approach, and waits for my approval.
One ticket at a time means one task, one finish line, and one reviewable change.
The eyes matter: Claude opens the app in desktop preview, clicks the flow, checks the console, and reports what a buyer experiences.
Routines and permissions turn a chat tool into a 24/7 operator with clear boundaries.
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