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Work with Claude as usual
Ask for the work you do anyway: a client proposal, a video edit, a report. No forms to fill, no templates to choose.
Free skill for Claude · v3.7
Make Claude remember how you work.
Do it right once. Then you, your team and Claude do it right every time. Playbook Builder writes each correction you make into a playbook, with the rule, the reason and a check, at the end of the step, without being asked. You never sit down to write documentation.
Then say one sentence to Claude:
“Set up the playbook builder.”
Sound familiar?
Same explanation. Same mistake. Every chat.
- 01“I keep explaining the same thing to Claude every chat.”
- 02“Every time it makes the same mistake.”
- 03“How do I get my team to do it the way I do it?”
- 04“I don't have time to write documentation.”
The lesson is right there in the chat, the moment you correct something. Then the chat ends and the lesson goes with it. Writing it down is the step nobody has time for. So Claude does it for you.
How it learns
Every correction becomes a rule.
Work, lesson, checkpoint, next time. You keep working the way you already do. Claude keeps the notes.
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Correct it and say why
Something goes wrong, or you would do it differently. Say so in your own words, with the reason. That is the moment a rule is born.
You, in your own words“Price goes after the outcome. Clients stop reading at the number.”
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Claude writes it down
At the end of that step, without being asked, Claude writes the rule, the reason and a check into the right playbook. Your exact words are kept, so the reasoning survives.
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Next time, right first time
You, a teammate or Claude in a fresh chat follow the playbook and get it right the first time. Each pass of the loop adds one more rule. The method starts to carry itself.
What's inside
What every playbook holds
Six parts, the same in every playbook, so anyone can pick one up and follow it. Select a part to see where it lives in the file.
Your folder, your files
Share the method. Keep the clients.
Every playbook is split in two. method/ is how the work is done: safe to share. context/ holds your names, clients and prices: it stays with you.
- When you share, Claude sends the method only.
- It scans the method for emails, phone numbers, money, links and the private names you listed, before anything leaves.
- Nothing goes out until you have read it and said OK.
- CLAUDE.mdrules Claude reads every session
- inbox/your notes for a later rework
- system/tools your playbooks use
- playbooks/
- README.mdthe list of all your playbooks
- client-proposal/
- method/Sharedhow the work is done: safe to share
- PLAYBOOK.md
- context/Stays hereyour names, clients, prices: stays private
- CONTEXT.md
Why AVELaunch
Snowflake by snowflake
One snowflake does not look like much. Snowflake by snowflake, an avalanche builds.
One correction looks small. Kept, it is a rule. Rule by rule, the playbook grows until the work runs the same way whoever does it, you, a new teammate or Claude on a Monday morning.
Our team runs on it
We built Playbook Builder because our own team kept repeating the same mistakes with Claude. Our team now runs on playbooks built with it.
The playbooks we give away are the ones we use
Our four video-editing playbooks are the ones we cut our own interviews, talks and reels with. They are yours free, by email.
Who it's for
For people who already work with Claude
Founders and owners
“I keep re-explaining the same things.”
You use Claude every day. Explain it once, with the reason, and every new chat starts from what you already taught it.
Team leads
“How do I get my team to do it the way I do it?”
One playbook, followed by people and by Claude alike. A new teammate gets your rules, your reasons and your checks on day one.
Consultants, coaches, solo experts
“My method lives in my head.”
Your method gets written down while you work with clients. Share it without sharing a single client name.
Not for you if
You don't use Claude yetThe skill works inside Claude. Start there, and come back when you notice yourself repeating things.
You want a template libraryThere are no ready-made templates. Your playbooks are built from your own work, one rule at a time.
Install
Four steps, about two minutes
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Upload it to Claude
SettingsCapabilitiesSkillsUpload skillPick the zip and switch the skill on. Skills need a paid Claude plan with code execution.
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Give it a folder
In the Claude desktop app, connect a folder such as Documents/Playbooks. Claude then saves every playbook there by itself. In a normal chat it still works: Claude hands you the files to keep.
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Say one sentence
Set up the playbook builder.
Claude creates three folders (playbooks, inbox, system) and a CLAUDE.md with its rules, which it reads at the start of every session. From then on, lessons get written without you asking.
Then try one of these
Build as you work
Let's build a playbook on how I prepare a client proposal.
Harvest a chat
Turn this chat into a playbook.
Share with your team
Package the proposal playbook so I can share it with my team.
A gift to start with
Our four video-editing playbooks
The playbooks we cut our own interviews, talks and reels with, built with this skill. Get them by email, plus new playbooks and features as they come out.
Who made it
Why I built it
18years in business
10of them in marketing
2books of my own
I run AVELaunch Books, a done-for-you publishing house for experts. My team works with Claude every day, and we kept running into the same wall: the same mistakes, corrected again and again, because every lesson died with the chat it was learned in.
Nobody had time to stop and write documentation. So I built a skill that writes it while we work. Our own team runs on the playbooks it built. Now it is yours, free.
FAQ
Questions people ask
Most askedI don't have time to set up documentation.
You don't write anything. You work with Claude the way you already do, and at the end of each step Claude writes the lesson into the playbook itself. Setup is one sentence.
Is it free?
Yes. If it saves you time, you can say thanks: suggested 50 €, any amount from 5 €. Entirely optional.
Do I need a paid Claude plan?
Yes. Skills need a paid Claude plan with code execution switched on (Settings → Capabilities).
Will my client names leave my computer when I share?
No. Each playbook has a method/ folder, which is safe to share, and a context/ folder with your names, clients and prices, which stays private. When you share, Claude sends the method only and scans it for private details first. You read it and say OK before anything goes out.
Does it work in a normal chat?
Yes. Without a connected folder, Claude hands you the playbook files to keep. A folder in the Claude desktop app is better: Claude saves everything there by itself.
How do I update to a new version?
Download the new version from this page and upload it to Claude again. Your playbooks are files in your folder, so they stay as they are.
Is this a library of ready-made templates?
No. It builds playbooks from your own work. If you want a head start, our four video-editing playbooks are free by email.
Can my playbooks be in another language?
Yes, any language. A few structural keywords (section headings, Why, Check) stay in English so the checks can find them; Claude keeps them in place for you.
Your first playbook
Do it right once.
Download it, upload it, and say “Set up the playbook builder.”
Free to use. If it saves you time, you can say thanks: suggested 50 €, any amount from 5 €.
Say thanks