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Rebuild service-business admin with Claude Code and Cowork

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Grace Clarke told Claire Vo how Claude Code and Cowork cut about 20 hours of weekly admin into one pipeline.

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Help me rebuild my consulting admin in Claude: an hourly pipeline for leads and clients, a proposal maker that outputs password-protected HTML in my voice, and a lightweight inbox workflow. Start from my process notes, ask what is missing, and build step by step without emailing anyone.

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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Replace repetitive consulting admin with a Claude pipeline I control.

Questions to ask me first:
- What are the stages from lead to invoice today?
- Where do proposals and email live?
- What must still need my approval?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Process notes: [FILE]
- Voice guide: [FILE]
- Tools allowed: [CLAUDE CODE / COWORK / NETLIFY / FORMS]

Rules:
- Keep human approval on sends.
- Match the voice guide.
- Prefer small working slices over a big rewrite.
- Document how to rerun the hourly pipeline.

Checkpoint: Map the current 20-hour admin week before building.

If you get stuck: If a connector needs credentials, stop and hand control back.

Verify before you finish: Pipeline stages and proposal template run on a sample lead.

Output: Working pipeline docs, proposal template, and inbox workflow notes.

Done when: I can run a week with far less manual admin.

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Claude CodeClaude Cowork

Outcome

On Claire Vo's How I AI podcast, Grace Clarke described rebuilding a service business in Claude: an hourly pipeline operator for proposals and client tracking, interactive HTML proposals instead of static decks, a voice-guide skill so outputs sound like Grace, and a custom Gmail-style inbox built in Claude Cowork in under 30 minutes. About 20 hours of weekly admin collapsed into one automated pipeline. Grace started in Claude Code, then handed work to Cowork via Markdown session files, and still uses Claude on walks for workouts and plant care beside client work.

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by Grace Clarke (via Claire Vo / Lenny's Newsletter)
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https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/claude-code-for-normal-people-skills

Context: Podcast interview on How I AI / Lenny's Newsletter. 20 hours/week and under-30-minute inbox claims are Grace's as reported in the episode notes.

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