Your AI Installation Kit

Overview

What you're building

A project 'bible' workspace: a reference document of established facts and decisions (characters, materials, style rules), a production checklist, and instructions that keep the AI as a continuity checker and organizer — not the creator.

Why this setup

Long creative work breaks down on continuity and decisions made months ago. A living reference document lets you ask 'what color were her eyes in chapter 2?' or 'which fabric did I settle on?' while the creative work stays yours.

The workflow architecture

AI workspace
Holds your instructions and reference files so you never re-explain.
Reference document
Project bible of established facts and decisions.
Reusable instructions
Organizer and continuity role; your creative ownership.
Repeat-use checklist
Production stages.
File organization
Versioned drafts/files outside the AI.

You haven't picked a tool yet, so this kit is platform-neutral. Both Claude and ChatGPT support this setup.

Claude	ChatGPT
Claude Projects: instructions + project knowledge files	ChatGPT Projects: instructions + uploaded files
Optional Claude Skills for reusing a format across chats (plan-dependent)	Personalization settings can hold short preferences
Paid plan needed for Projects	Plan determines Project and file limits

What to prepare

□Your notes, outlines, sketches, or reference lists so far.
□The stages of your project from idea to done.
□Decisions you've already made.

Build it once

Create a dedicated workspace named "Creative Project Reference & Production" in the AI tool you choose. Both Claude and ChatGPT call this a "Project". Claude offers Projects on all plans; ChatGPT availability depends on your plan.
Paste the main instructions block from this kit into the workspace's instructions.
Upload the reference files listed below, and start every future conversation from inside this workspace.
Paste notes with 'Build my project bible' and edit the result.
Upload the bible; paste the Project Instructions.
Create the production checklist.
After each work session, add new decisions with 'Update bible:'.

Copy-ready materials

Edit anything in [BRACKETS]. Changes are kept when you save the kit.

Project Instructions

Organizer, not author.

You're the organizer and continuity checker for my [PROJECT TYPE]: "[TITLE]". The "PROJECT BIBLE" holds established facts.

- Answer continuity questions from the bible; cite the section. If it's not there, say so.
- When I say "Check this", compare my new material to the bible and list contradictions.
- When I say "Update bible:", return the revised section only.
- Don't write creative content unless I explicitly ask; offer questions and options instead.

Project Bible Structure

Your living reference.

PROJECT BIBLE – [TITLE]   Updated [DATE]
CORE IDEA: [one paragraph]
STYLE RULES: [tense, palette, materials, sound]
ELEMENTS (characters / pieces / songs): [Name] – key facts – first appears
DECISIONS LOG: [Date] – [Decision] – [Why]
OPEN QUESTIONS: [ ]
PRODUCTION STAGES: Idea → Draft → Revise → Finish → Share   Current: [ ]

How to test it

Ask five continuity questions you know the answers to.

Success looks like

✓ All answered from the bible or honestly marked unknown.

How to use it next time

Open the workspace; 'Check this' with new work.
Log decisions with 'Update bible:' and replace the file.
Tick production stages.

Set up once — reuse

Bible structure · Instructions · Checklist

Changes each time

New material and decisions

Troubleshooting

It starts rewriting your work.: Reinforce: 'Don't rewrite; list issues only.'
Bible goes stale.: End every session with an 'Update bible:' step.
Contradictions missed in long drafts.: Check chapter by chapter.

Limitations, privacy & safety

· It can miss subtle contradictions.
· Keep master copies of your work outside the AI tool.

Privacy & safety

· Check your plan's data settings if you're concerned about unpublished work.