This is the Week 1 path. Install Claude Code, set up your workspace, say hi to your agent, and understand how the whole thing works before we stack anything else on top. No Discord, no MCPs, no agents-on-cloud. Just you and your terminal talking to a real AI.
You need an active Claude Pro or Max plan before you install anything else. The free tier cannot run Claude Code.
Open claude.ai in your browser. If you don't already have an account, sign up. Use an email you'll remember — you'll sign in again in Part 4.
Click Upgrade (usually top-right of the sidebar).
Write down the email address on your Claude account. You'll need it when Claude Code asks you to sign in. If you forget — claude.ai → bottom-left avatar → Settings → Account.
One command installs everything. Read what it does before you run it.
This is not magic. When you run the command below, a script runs on your computer that:
That's it. No account creation, no data upload. It's the same pattern Homebrew and nvm use.
Step 1: Open Terminal. Press Cmd + Space, type Terminal, press Enter.
Step 2: Paste this entire line, press Enter:
The script narrates itself. You'll see progress lines like:
Step 1: Open PowerShell as Administrator. Click Start → type PowerShell → right-click the result → Run as administrator → Yes.
Step 2: Allow scripts (first time only):
Answer Y to the prompt.
Step 3: Run the installer:
Fully quit your terminal and reopen it. This is the step people skip. It matters.
Cmd + Q (not the red X — a real quit)Install errored halfway? Take a screenshot of the red error text, post it in the Cohort 2 Telegram. Don't re-run blindly — we want to see the error before you try again. The script is safe to re-run once we diagnose.
Before you launch Claude, set up your screen the way Reem works. This single habit 3x's how fast you execute.
When you work with an AI agent, you're constantly feeding it context from other places: a Notes file, a ChatGPT plan, a Discord conversation, a screenshot of an error. If you're alt-tabbing between full-screen windows, you lose the thread and you lose time.
The move is to split your screen in half:
Left half: browser / ChatGPT / notes. Right half: Terminal running Claude Code.
This is the same layout Reem uses. Learn it from Day 1.
On Mac: Click and hold the green dot on the top-left of your Terminal window → pick Tile Window to Right of Screen. Then pick the app you want on the left.
On Windows: Drag the Terminal window to the right edge of the screen until it snaps to half. Windows asks you to pick a window for the left half.
This is the moment your agent comes alive. 30 seconds of work.
In your fresh Terminal window, paste this one line:
On Windows:
cohort2-workspace — that's a leftover from the last cohort. We're renaming it next week. For now, use the name above. You can rename the folder later.A browser tab opens with a Claude sign-in page. Use the email on your Claude Pro/Max account (Part 1, Step 3).
After sign-in, return to your terminal. You should see:
That > at the bottom is your prompt. Anything you type there talks to Claude.
Type the word hi and press Enter.
Claude responds. That's a working AI agent. Not a mock, not a demo — the real thing, running on your computer, reading from the folder you just created.
Your terminal didn't pick up the install. Fully quit Terminal (Cmd+Q on Mac, close window on Windows), reopen, try again.
The setup script didn't finish cleanly. Re-run it: curl -fsSL https://setup.coachreemteam.com/setup.sh | bash (Mac) or iwr -useb https://setup.coachreemteam.com/setup.ps1 | iex (Windows). It's safe to re-run — it skips anything already done.
The most important concept of the whole program. Read this twice.
Claude Code is a blank slate. It doesn't know you, your business, your voice, or your goals — unless you tell it. The way you tell it is by putting files in your workspace folder.
Everything in your workspace folder becomes part of your agent's brain:
When you ask your agent to do something, it reads the folder first, then responds with that context loaded. A blank folder gets you generic answers. A rich folder gets you answers that sound like you and know your business.
Start small. Even one file helps.
You don't need to be perfect. Messy notes work. Your agent will improve as your folder grows.
Markdown files (.md) look ugly in TextEdit or Notepad. Obsidian is a free app that makes them readable and lets you edit them like a proper note system.
Install Obsidian, point it at your workspace folder, and you can read and edit every file your agent uses — from the same app your agent is using.
Know your limits before you hit them.
Open the Claude desktop app (or claude.ai). Bottom-left corner → click your avatar → Settings → Usage.
You'll see a bar showing what percentage of your weekly limit you've used. Reem's resets every Saturday at 6pm. Yours may be a different day — check the dashboard to confirm.
Interact with your agent through the terminal, not through extra tools or back-and-forth over Discord. Plan your prompts in ChatGPT or a notes app first, then paste the finalized version into Claude. Every back-and-forth "wait, try that again" burns tokens.
This isn't if. It's when. Learn the fix now so you don't panic later.
Something weird? Claude typing but not responding? Terminal acting stuck? Before you do anything else:
/exit in Claude Code → press Enter (exits cleanly)Cmd + Q on Mac, close window on Windows)cd ~/cohort2-workspace && claude → press Enter9 times out of 10, that's the whole fix. Don't debug for an hour — close and reopen first.
If the restart doesn't fix it, run the diagnostic:
Run it from a fresh Terminal (not inside Claude Code). You'll see a pass/fail for every layer of your stack. Anything red prints the exact fix next to it.
Post a screenshot in the Cohort 2 Telegram group with three things:
Code (the technical agent) monitors the channel. Expect a reply within 30 min during the day, first thing the next morning if you post overnight.
You have the foundation. Here's what stacks on top over the next 6 weeks.
See you Wednesday.