Full Tutorial: Build Your Personal Operating System with Claude Code | Teresa Torres

Full Tutorial: Build Your Personal Operating System with Claude Code | Teresa Torres

Author: Peter Yang December 21, 2025 Duration: 49:36

Teresa is a well-known product coach and author who runs her entire life and business using two Claude Code terminals and a note taking app. It was genuinely mind blowing to watch her use Claude Code to manage her to do list, delegate her research, and write content.


Teresa and I talked about:

(00:00) Why Teresa uses Claude Code to run her life

(03:00) Live demo: The "today" command that builds Teresa's daily to do list

(07:00) Working with Claude Code to brainstorm tasks and ideas

(14:00) Live demo: Writing a blog post together using plan mode

(21:00) How Claude does SEO keyword research for blog posts

(26:00) Why Teresa still writes every word herself (but 10x faster)

(30:00) Pro tips to manage context so Claude doesn't "get dumber"

(36:00) The 3-layer context system: global, project, and reference files

(44:00) 3 tips to get started with Claude Code without feeling overwhelmed


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Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/build-your-personal-os-with-claude-code-teresa-torres


Where to find Teresa:

LInkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresatorres/

Website: https://www.producttalk.org/


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