pm-workbench

claude-starter-kit

A verification-first Claude Code setup for project managers. It gives you two senior advisors (/bizstrat, /datastrat), a personalization step (/setup-me), and one habit — Cite & Check — that keeps your work accurate instead of confidently wrong.

First — where you'll be typing (20-second orientation)

Two places things get typed:

• Terminal — the Mac app where you start Claude Code. You type one command here: claude.
• Claude Code — once it's running in that same window, you type things starting with / (like /plugin or /datastrat), and you can talk to it in plain English.

New to the terminal? Anthropic has a friendly walkthrough: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/terminal-guide

Before you install

• A Claude plan that includes Opus — Max is the simplest. (The free Claude plan doesn't include Claude Code at all.) The consultants run on Opus and refuse lesser models by design.
• Claude Code installed and signed in. If you haven't yet:

  1. Open the Terminal app: press Cmd+Space, type Terminal, press Enter.

  2. Paste this line, press Enter, and wait for it to finish:

     curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash
     

     (Other install options: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/setup)

  3. Type claude and press Enter. The first time, it opens your browser to sign in — log in with your Claude account.

  4. With Claude Code running, type /model and confirm you can select Opus.

Install the kit (3 steps)

With Claude Code running, type these one at a time:

/plugin marketplace add nobesnickr/claude-starter-kit
/plugin install pm-workbench
/setup-me

• The first line registers this repo as a plugin source.
• The second installs the pm-workbench plugin (the consultants + setup-me).
• The third personalizes your environment — answer a few questions and it writes your settings.

Your first session

Open docs/ONBOARDING.md and follow the 15-minute guided first session. Read docs/AI-LITERACY.md first if you read nothing else.

Getting your data in

1. In Google Sheets: File → Download → Comma-separated values (.csv). It saves to your Downloads.
2. You don't need to know where to put it. In Claude Code, just ask: "Move the CSV from my Downloads into this project." Claude Code finds the file and does the filesystem work for you.

Optional, later: if you'd rather not re-export each time, you can connect the Google Drive connector for live access — but CSV export is the simplest reliable path and all you need to start.

What's inside

• /bizstrat, /datastrat — your consultants (see docs/CONSULTANTS.md)
• /setup-me — re-run anytime to update your settings
• /new-project — set up a new project folder from the template (no manual copying)
• docs/ — onboarding, AI literacy, the Decision Registry standard
• plugins/pm-workbench/templates/starter-project/ — the skeleton for a new project, bundled inside the plugin. Don't copy it by hand; ask Claude Code to "start a new project from the template."

Updating

When there's a new version: /plugin marketplace update claude-starter-kit then /plugin install pm-workbench.