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Claude Code for product managers: research, writing, context libraries, custom to-do system, and more | Teresa Torres

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Claude Code for product managers: research, writing, context libraries, custom to-do system, and more | Teresa Torres

How I AI

Jan 19
How I AI

How I AI

Jan 19
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Teresa Torres is the author of Continuous Discovery Habits and an internationally acclaimed speaker and coach. In this episode, Teresa demonstrates how she’s built a personalized productivity system using Claude Code to manage her tasks, automate research ...

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In this episode, Teresa Torres shares how she’s transformed her productivity by moving beyond conventional tools to build a customized, AI-powered workflow using Claude Code. Rather than relying on off-the-shelf apps, she demonstrates how non-technical users can harness AI in creative ways to design systems that align with their unique cognitive and professional patterns.
03:04
Claude in the terminal of VS Code was a game-changer for Teresa's workflow.
06:41
Built a /today slash command that automatically checks Trello each morning and generates a daily task file in Obsidian.
07:52
The 'today' slash command uses a Python script to surface immediate tasks.
14:13
Claude can find information even when the user remembers the words wrong or can't locate it
18:23
Found a critical flaw in a published survey while reviewing through daily digest system.
22:25
Claude Code can generate a detailed competitive analysis for beginners learning terminal workflows.
27:23
Claude did most of the work in writing thanks to a detailed, co-created style guide.
31:42
Too much irrelevant context can hinder LLM performance.
32:58
Claude helps research facts, strengthen hooks, review sections by style guide, and fix typos—while Teresa does the actual writing
41:15
Teresa uses Claude Code and context files to avoid relying on conversation history

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Introduction to Teresa Torres
00:00
Why Claude Code became Teresa’s productivity tool of choice
02:10
The evolution from browser-based AI to terminal-based workflows
03:00
Demo: Creating a personalized task management system
04:14
How the task system works with markdown files and Obsidian
07:52
Quick recap
12:56
Taking notes within tasks for better searchability
14:13
Demo: Automated research digest workflow
15:54
How the research plugin searches and summarizes academic papers
19:32
Filtering overwhelming information sources
24:43
Using small, focused context files instead of one large document
29:00
Claude as a writing partner: review, research, and refinement
32:58
Recap of workflows and lightning round
35:34

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Claire Vo: Why has Claude Code become your buddy? Teresa Torres: I was writing my notes in my task management tool and that was Trello. As time went on, I just started to get really worried about how am I ever going to get my data out of Trello? And so I ...