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Your manifesto

Before you teach your root system who you are, you need to be clear on it yourself. This lesson is about getting your vision, values, and non-negotiables out of your head and onto paper.

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What is a manifesto?

A manifesto is your declaration. Not a business plan. Not a mission statement someone told you to write. It is the answer to: what do you actually believe? What will you never compromise on? What kind of business are you building, and why does it matter?

Your manifesto becomes the soul of your root system. When Claude writes your content, builds your pages, or helps you make decisions, it references this. It is the filter everything passes through.

You do not need to get it perfect.

Write what feels true right now. Your root system evolves with you. What matters is that you start with something real, not something polished.

How to write your manifesto

Open Claude Code in your project folder and tell it what you believe. You can speak or type. Here are prompts to get you started:

            you: I want to write my manifesto. Here is what I believe about my work...

            root system: Tell me more. What would you never compromise on?

            you: I believe my work should be...

            root system: That is powerful. Let me draft your manifesto from what you have shared...

Claude will take what you share and shape it into a manifesto file. Read it. Edit it. Make it yours. This file lives in your root system and informs everything that comes after.

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The onboarding conversation

your root system needs to understand you before it can help you. Not just your business. You as a person. What you value, how you work, what you want your life to look like.

Quick reminder: open your terminal, navigate to your project folder (cd ~/my-business or whatever you named it), and type claude to start Claude Code. Once you are in, type /onboarding and press enter. Claude will walk you through a guided conversation about four areas:

Soul

Your values, purpose, what gives your life meaning beyond work

Mind

Your methodology, offerings, ideal client, business goals

Heart

Your voice, communication style, how you build relationships

Body

Your rhythms, current tools, what you want tracked and delivered

This is not a form. It is a real conversation. The deeper you go, the better your root system works for you. Take your time. Everything you share becomes the foundation your root system builds on.

As you answer, Claude writes files in real time. Your root file, your voice guide, your goals, your brand details. By the end, you will see a receipt showing everything it created:

CLAUDE.md                              ✓ Written

context/memory/fact/identity.yaml      ✓ Values, purpose

context/memory/fact/business.yaml      ✓ Methodology, offerings

context/memory/fact/preferences.yaml   ✓ Voice, style

context/memory/fact/brand.yaml         ✓ Colors, fonts

context/memory/fact/goals.yaml         ✓ Vision, sprint goal

mind/content/voice-guide.md            ✓ How you sound

When it is done, your root system knows you. Not just your business name or your website URL. It knows your values, your methodology, your voice, your rhythms, and what you want from life. That is the foundation everything else builds on.

What happens after onboarding

Once your onboarding is complete, your root system knows your values, your business, your voice, and your rhythms. But it gets better every day.

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Daily check-ins

Every time you open Claude Code and say good morning, your root system checks in with you. How are you feeling? What are you working on? What is your energy like? These check-ins get logged. Over time, they reveal your patterns.

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Reflective practice

If you have a reflective practice (journaling, meditation, pulling a card, prayer), your root system can support it. Tell it what you do. It will prompt you, log your reflections, and track consistency. This is private. It stays in your root system.

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Voice refinement

The more you interact with your root system, the more it sounds like you. When it writes something that feels off, tell it. "Too formal." "I would never say that." "More like how I would text a friend." It learns. In Module 2, you will understand exactly how.

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Your about page

your root system knows you now. Time to see what it can do with that knowledge.

Type /about-page-builder and watch. Claude reads everything from the onboarding conversation, shows you a summary, asks for a few visual details (your photo, your colors, any brand elements), and then builds a complete web page about you.

This is the first page of your new digital presence. It has:

1 A hero section with your name, what you do, and your philosophy

2 Your story written in your voice, not a template

3 Your methodology broken into clear steps or pillars

4 Who you work with including the transformation you deliver

5 Your values and what you believe

6 A way to connect with contact details and social links

This page uses your colors, your fonts, your brand. It looks like you, not like a template. Open it in your browser and see yourself reflected back.

Open it in your browser. That page was built from a single conversation.

This is the first page of your new digital presence, and it is yours to deploy whenever you are ready.

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Share it with someone you trust. See their reaction. That reaction is the proof that your root system works.