A Claude Masterclass for Busy Mind

I sometimes get blocked, not due to lack of skill or intelligence... I am blocked because I am carrying too many half-decisions in my head. Once you start closing loops, progress suddenly feels lighter because the mental load did.

This is the kind of muscle I built in 2025, and Claude helped me do so as I built a Close Loop agent for myself that removes items from my mental load for what’s going on outside of my 9-5.

It forces decisions, parks what can wait, and removes items from my mental load instead of letting them linger.

Want to try this yourself? You have 2 options. To do this by using a project on Claude, or by creating a real ‘tool’.

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Option A. Creating a Project on Claude

First things first, let’s talk about Claude Projects. Similar to CustomGPTs or Gem but a bit more structured.

Step 1 — Create a Project

1. Open Claude

2. Go to Projects

3. Click New Project

4. Name it: Close Loop

5. (Optional) Add a short description: “Daily decision clarity, close loops, reduce mental load.”

Step 2 — Add your “Close Loop” instruction as the Project instruction

1. Inside the project, find Project instructions (sometimes called “Custom instructions”)

2. Paste the SYSTEM PROMPT I wrote (the “You are Close Loop…” block) (you will find all prompts bellow)

3. Save

Step 3 — Add your templates so you can reuse them fast

1. In the same project, create a note/document (or just keep a pinned message) called Templates

2. Paste:

   • the Daily Close Loop Command user prompt (you will find all prompts bellow)

   • the Weekly Close Loop Reset user prompt (you will find all prompts bellow)

3. Save / pin it (if pinning exists in your UI)

Step 4 — Run it daily

1. Start a new chat inside the Close Loop project

2. Paste the Daily prompt template

3. Dump your messy context

4. Send

Step 5 — Keep continuity (so you don’t lose the ‘state’)

• Keep using the same thread for the week, so Claude retains context

• Start a new thread each Monday for “Weekly Close Loop” if you like clean cycles

Option B. Claude Code (CLI) for repeatable runs

This is best if you want it to feel like a real “tool” you run.

Step 1 — Create a folder on your computer

Create a folder called:
close-loop/

Inside it, create these files:

• system.md (SYSTEM PROMPT)

• daily.md (Daily template)

• weekly.md (Weekly template)

Step 2 — Put the content into the files

• Paste the SYSTEM PROMPT into system.md

• Paste the Daily Close Loop Command into daily.md

• Paste the Weekly Close Loop Reset into weekly.md

Step 3 — Run it

When you want to run the daily routine, you open Claude Code and paste:

• the contents of system.md once (or keep it as your session baseline)

• then paste daily.md and fill in your context

If you want, I can also give you a one-command flow you can copy/paste (depends on your exact Claude Code setup).

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Quick “what should I choose?”

• If you want simple + reliable: Option A (Project)

• If you want repeatable like a tool: Option B (Claude Code)

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My Prompt list: