A Claude setup for solo founders

Most people use Claude like a chatbot.
plsBuild OS turns it into a system.

A kit of 18 skills, one profile template, and the instructions I wish someone had handed me on day one.

See the difference. 60 seconds.

Install it

Two lines inside Claude Code. That's the whole install.

Install on Claude Code.

/plugin marketplace add madeehahassan/plsbuild-os
/plugin install plsbuild-os@plsbuild-os

Paste into any Claude Code session — desktop app or terminal. Installs all 18 skills; updates arrive when you re-sync.

View the source on GitHub →
Prefer a zip or the command line? Download the Claude Code zip →

Unzip and open welcome.html — it walks you through connecting the folder and installing the 18 skills.

curl -fsSL https://plsbuildos.com/install-plsbuild.sh | bash

Or one Terminal command. Installs the skills and a profile template into ~/.claude/, backing up what's there first. About six seconds.

Using Claude chat or Cowork too? Download the full bundle →

One zip for all three surfaces. Open welcome.html inside — it walks you through Claude chat and Cowork setup in three clicks.

Why I made this
"Every new session, I was re-explaining myself to Claude. The output was only as good as the setup."

After nine years in corporate roles, I forgot I could just make things alone. Claude brought that back — but only once I stopped using it like a chatbot and set it up like a system. plsBuild OS is the setup layer I built for myself.

Read the full essay on Substack →

What's actually inside.

The shared layer, the project layer, and everything else that holds it together.

THE 17 SKILLS

Something for every phase. Six you'll use every week.

Six of them (/spec, /build, /voice, /design, /ship, /retro) are the ones you'll reach for most.

skills/voice/SKILL.md
All 18 skills, grouped by phase
Before you build
/speccore
/research
/audit
/pitch
While you build
/buildcore
/voicecore · needs you
/designcore · needs you
/unblock
Almost done
/shipcore
/go-live
After it's live
/launch
/growth
/support
/retrocore
The system itself
/learning-log
/pull-in
/learn-codebase
/agents
PROJECT-SPECIFIC CONTENT

Everything a product needs, in one folder.

Every product you build gets its own workspace. A brief Claude reads at session start, a living spec you update at session end, skills that only apply to this product, and specialized agents for reviews. Shared stays shared. Project stays project.

projects/your-product/
📁your-product
📄 product-brief.md what you're building, read at session start
📄 spec.md living state, updated after each session
📄 project-skill.md skills only this product uses
📁 agents/ specialized reviewers for this product
📄 design-agent.md
📄 user-agent.md
📄 CLAUDE.md the rules Claude reads first

Alright. Your turn.

Two commands up there, go build. Claude handles the rest.

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