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Decompose Something for Yourself

Pick a workflow, map what useful looks like, and take it into your Household OS. Use the same process you practiced with the meal planner: start with one useful task, test it, then add the next.

Need an idea?

Eight real household workflows worth automating. Select one at random, or skip ahead and bring your own idea into the worksheet below.

Your worksheet

Start with a rough map; it doesn't need to be perfect. Claude can help fill the gaps. During practice time, aim to choose a useful first task and test it if time allows.

What's the workflow?

What does good look like?

List what a good result actually includes. Be specific — this is what you'll hold the output to later.

Break it into steps

For each step: what comes in, what you're asking AI to do with it, and what comes out. That's the whole anatomy.

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Inputs
Process
Output
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Inputs
Process
Output

Take your map into your Household OS

This prompt updates as you fill in the worksheet. Select your Household OS folder in your AI app, then copy the prompt into that conversation. Continue working there; there is no need to paste the answers back into this page. Copy your map before leaving or refreshing this page, because the worksheet is not saved here.

Your Prompt 

      


      
Use the same six-step method in your AI conversation

      
    
        
  1. Map the workflow.
    Use the worksheet above as your starting point. Ask Claude to help fill any gaps in the process and identify where you want to make decisions.
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  2. Identify inputs.
    Choose a useful starting point. Check what information is already in your Household OS and what you'll need to provide. Manual input is enough to start.
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  3. Define steps and outputs.
    Agree on what Claude will do, what it will produce, and how you'll judge whether the result is useful.
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  4. Build.
    Say, “Okay, let's build this first part.” Follow Claude's questions and steps in that conversation, with your Household OS folder selected.
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  5. Test and iterate.
    Try a real example, compare the result with your criteria, and ask for a specific change. Check that the saved instructions and relevant household context reflect what you learned. Then try running it from those files in a new conversation. Needing a few attempts is normal.
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  6. Decide how to run it.
    Asking Claude to run your saved instructions is enough. If a schedule or trigger would be useful, discuss what's supported, what inputs it needs, and what you want to review. Test it before relying on it.
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When the group regroups
Ask Claude to save your place, including what works and what still needs testing. Be ready to share the task you chose, one thing you learned, and your next step. A clear map is a useful outcome even if you haven't finished building.

      
Need an example of the process? Revisit the six-step meal-planner build. When it's time, return to the workshop.

    


    

      
Submit to the gallery

      
Once you've decomposed your workflow, ask your AI tool to summarize it, then paste that summary below. It'll go into the workshop gallery so other attendees can see what people built.


      

        

          Generate your submission
          
        

        
Now that I've decomposed this workflow with you, write a short recap I can submit to the workshop gallery so other attendees can see what I built. Format it exactly like this, using **double asterisks** around each section label (nothing else needs bolding):

**WORKFLOW:** what I decomposed, in a few words

**WHY IT MATTERS:** why this saves me time or mental load, 1-2 sentences

**HOW I BROKE IT DOWN:**
1. Step name — what it does, in one sentence
2. Step name — what it does, in one sentence
(one line per step, don't spell out inputs/process/output separately)

Keep the whole thing under 150 words. Output exactly that format, nothing else, so I can paste it directly into a form.

      


      
This will be added to the shared workshop gallery, shown with your preferred name from registration. Your AI's output will include markdown formatting (like **this**) — that's expected. Paste it in exactly as given; the gallery renders it properly once submitted.


      

        
        
        
      


      
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