π¨BREAKING: Andrej Karpathy doesn't trust his memory.
He built a Claude-powered second brain that gets smarter every day.
Here are 6 insane Claude prompts that turn everything you consume into a
compounding intelligence system.
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1/ BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE
Prompt:
Act as a personal knowledge architect applying Andrej Karpathy's LLM wiki system β every article, thread, podcast, and video you consume should be compiled into a structured knowledge base that compounds over time instead of disappearing from your memory the moment you close the tab.
Build a complete personal knowledge base from every source of information I consume β structured as a wiki that grows automatically, connects ideas across sources, and makes everything I've learned instantly searchable and usable.
1. Ask for my primary research topics, the sources I consume most, and what I currently do with information after consuming it before starting 2. Design the raw data intake system β exactly how to capture articles, threads, videos, and podcasts into a structured format 3. Build the wiki compilation structure β the folder hierarchy, file naming, and linking system that organizes everything 4. Create the categorization framework β how concepts are identified, named, and connected across sources 5. Deliver the complete setup protocol β the exact tools, folders, and naming conventions ready to implement today
- Raw data must be captured in a format the LLM can read β markdown preferred over PDFs
- Wiki structure must be flat enough to navigate but deep enough to organize β never more than 3 folder levels
- Every article must link to related concepts β isolated information is lost information
- Setup must be completable in one day β never a system so complex it never gets started
- Test: if I stopped consuming new information today would my existing knowledge base still be usable in 6 months
2/ COMPILE YOUR COMPETITOR INTELLIGENCE
Prompt:
Act as a competitive intelligence compiler applying Karpathy's wiki system to business threat detection β every competitor move, market signal, and industry shift you track should be compiled into a structured intelligence base that surfaces patterns, connections, and threats you would never see by reading one source at a time.
Build a complete competitor intelligence wiki that compiles every signal your competitors send β content moves, pricing changes, product updates, and audience shifts β into a structured system that automatically surfaces threats before they affect your business.
1. Ask for my main competitors, the signals I currently track, and how I currently store competitive intelligence before starting 2. Design the signal capture system β exactly how to collect competitor content, pricing pages, job listings, and social posts into a structured format 3. Build the intelligence wiki structure β folders for each competitor, each market signal type, and each threat category 4. Create the pattern detection framework β how the LLM identifies connections between signals across competitors 5. Deliver the weekly intelligence compilation protocol β the exact process for updating the wiki and surfacing new threats
- Every competitor must have their own wiki section β never mix competitor data into one undifferentiated file
- Signal capture must be systematic β same data points tracked for every competitor every week
- Pattern detection must look across competitors β the most dangerous threats appear in multiple signals simultaneously
- Weekly update must take under 30 minutes β never elaborate enough to skip
- Test: if a competitor made a major move today would my intelligence wiki surface it before it affected my business
3/ BUILD YOUR CLIENT INTELLIGENCE BASE
Prompt:
Act as a client intelligence architect applying Karpathy's wiki system to client relationship management β every client conversation, feedback signal, objection pattern, and buying trigger should be compiled into a structured knowledge base that makes every future client interaction smarter than the last.
Build a complete client intelligence wiki that compiles every signal your clients send β objections, questions, buying triggers, and churn indicators β into a structured system that makes every sales conversation, retention move, and upsell perfectly timed.
1. Ask for my client types, the signals I currently track, and how I currently store client intelligence before starting 2. Design the client signal capture system β exactly how to log every conversation, objection, question, and buying trigger 3. Build the client intelligence wiki β folders for objection patterns, buying triggers, churn indicators, and upsell opportunities 4. Create the pattern recognition framework β how the LLM identifies which signals predict which client decisions 5. Deliver the client intelligence compilation protocol β the exact process for updating the wiki after every client interaction
- Every client interaction must add to the wiki β never let a conversation disappear without capturing the signal
- Objection patterns must be separated from buying triggers β they require opposite responses
- Churn indicators must be flagged immediately β never buried in general client notes
- Protocol must be completable in under 5 minutes per interaction β never elaborate enough to skip
- Test: if I queried my client wiki right now would it tell me which clients are about to churn
4/ BUILD YOUR MARKET INTELLIGENCE BASE
Prompt:
Act as a market intelligence architect applying Karpathy's wiki system to market shift detection β every industry article, emerging trend, new tool, and audience behavior change should be compiled into a structured intelligence base that surfaces market shifts before the majority of your competitors notice them.
Build a complete market intelligence wiki that compiles every signal your market sends β emerging tools, shifting audience questions, new competitor entries, and changing platform algorithms β into a structured system that keeps you positioned on the right side of every shift.
1. Ask for my market niche, the sources I monitor for market signals, and how I currently track market changes before starting 2. Design the market signal capture system β exactly which sources to monitor and how to capture signals into a structured format 3. Build the market intelligence wiki β folders for emerging trends, platform changes, new competitors, and audience behavior shifts 4. Create the early warning framework β how the LLM identifies weak signals that precede major market shifts 5. Deliver the market intelligence review protocol β the exact weekly process for updating the wiki and identifying positioning opportunities
- Weak signals must be captured as aggressively as strong signals β major shifts always start small
- Sources must be diverse β monitoring only obvious sources produces obvious intelligence
- Early warning framework must distinguish noise from signal β not every market movement requires a response
- Weekly review must produce one specific positioning insight β never just a summary of what changed
- Test: if a major market shift happened today would my intelligence wiki have captured its early signals 30 days ago
5/ BUILD YOUR CONTENT INTELLIGENCE BASE
Prompt:
Act as a content intelligence architect applying Karpathy's wiki system to content strategy β every viral post, successful thread, high-performing hook, and audience reaction should be compiled into a structured knowledge base that makes every piece of content smarter than the last and compounds your content intelligence over time.
Build a complete content intelligence wiki that compiles every signal your content sends β what performs, what fails, what hooks stop the scroll, and what topics your audience engages with most β into a structured system that makes every content decision data-driven rather than instinct-driven.
1. Ask for my content platforms, my top performing content, and how I currently track content performance before starting 2. Design the content signal capture system β exactly how to log every post's hook, format, topic, and performance metrics 3. Build the content intelligence wiki β folders for hooks that work, formats that perform, topics that resonate, and patterns that predict virality 4. Create the content pattern framework β how the LLM identifies the specific elements that make content perform across different topics 5. Deliver the content intelligence compilation protocol β the exact process for updating the wiki after every piece of content is published
- Every piece of content must be logged with its hook, format, topic, and performance β never track performance without context
- Hook patterns must be separated from topic patterns β they are different variables that require different analysis
- Virality patterns must be identified across multiple posts β never draw conclusions from a single data point
- Protocol must be completable in under 3 minutes per post β never elaborate enough to skip
- Test: if I queried my content wiki right now would it tell me exactly what my next viral post should look like
6/ BUILD YOUR COMPLETE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM
Prompt:
Act as a complete personal intelligence system architect applying Karpathy's full LLM wiki framework to every dimension of a solopreneur's business β competitors, clients, markets, content, and financial signals β compiled into one unified intelligence base that surfaces threats, opportunities, and decisions automatically.
Build a complete personal intelligence system that compiles every signal from every dimension of my business into one unified wiki β so I am never surprised by a competitor move, client churn, market shift, content failure, or financial threat again.
1. Ask for every dimension of my business I want to monitor β competitors, clients, market, content, and financial signals before starting 2. Design the unified signal capture system β exactly how signals from every dimension flow into the same wiki without creating chaos 3. Build the master wiki architecture β the complete folder structure that organizes all five intelligence dimensions without overlap 4. Create the cross-dimensional pattern framework β how the LLM finds connections between competitor moves, market shifts, and client behavior simultaneously 5. Deliver the weekly intelligence review protocol β the 30-minute process that updates every dimension and surfaces the three most important insights of the week
- Every dimension must have its own folder structure β never mix competitor intelligence with client intelligence
- Cross-dimensional patterns are the most valuable output β surface them explicitly every week
- Weekly review must produce exactly three actionable insights β never a list of 20 observations
- System must be maintainable by one person in under 1 hour per week β never elaborate enough to abandon
- Test: if I ran this system every week for 90 days would I ever be surprised by any major business threat again
This site literally has thousands of prompts for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, & Nano Banana.
π¨ REALITY CHECK: There are 7 mental models that exist purely to keep successful people from becoming delusional.
Munger. Buffett. Taleb. Howard Marks. Gary Klein. They all used different frameworks to stay humble after winning.
Here are 7 prompts based on them: π
Framework: Inversion
Author: Carl Jacobi / Charlie Munger
Prompt:
"Here are my career achievements and credentials:
[Paste your full CV, accomplishments, milestones, revenue numbers, awards, press, anything you're proud of]
Now apply Charlie Munger's Inversion framework to my current trajectory. Munger said: 'All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there.'
Based on my profile, list 7 specific things that would guarantee I fail from this point forward. Not generic risks. Specific traps that someone with MY exact profile and MY exact achievements is most likely to walk into.
For each one, tell me whether I'm already showing early signs of it based on what I've shared.
The goal is not pessimism. It's pattern recognition. What kills people at my stage?"
Framework: Pre-Mortem Analysis
Author: Gary Klein (psychologist, 1998)
Prompt:
"Here are my career achievements and credentials:
[Paste your full CV, accomplishments, milestones, revenue numbers, awards, press, anything you're proud of]
Now run a Pre-Mortem on my career using psychologist Gary Klein's method. Here's how it works:
It's 2 years from now. Everything I've built has collapsed. My reputation, my business, my momentum. All gone.
Based on my specific profile, write the brutally honest post-mortem. What happened? What did I ignore? What did I assume was permanent that turned out to be fragile?
Structure it as:
β The warning signs I probably dismissed
β The single decision that triggered the collapse
β What people close to me were afraid to say
β What I told myself to justify ignoring the cracks
Make it specific to MY achievements, not generic. The more successful someone is, the more specific their blind spots."
π¨ BREAKING: Claude has a feature called Life Crisis Counselor Mode.
You can use it to navigate a quarterlife or midlife crisis using real psychology frameworks instead of generic "follow your passion" advice.
Here are 6 prompts to access it: π
Robinson's Crisis Phase Diagnosis
Prompt:
"I'm going through what feels like a [quarterlife / midlife] crisis. I need you to help me figure out where I actually am in this process using Oliver Robinson's 4-phase crisis model:
Phase 1: Locked-in (feeling trapped in a commitment that no longer fits)
Phase 2: Separation (emotionally or physically pulling away from what's not working)
Phase 3: Exploration (trying new directions, high uncertainty)
Phase 4: Rebuilding (constructing new commitments that feel authentic)
Here's what's going on in my life right now:
- My age: [your age]
- What feels wrong: [describe what's triggering the crisis]
- How long I've felt this way: [duration]
- What I've already tried changing: [any steps taken]
- What's keeping me stuck: [fears, obligations, finances]
Based on this, tell me which phase I'm most likely in. Explain what's psychologically normal for this phase, what the typical traps are that prevent moving forward, and what specific actions Robinson's research suggests for transitioning to the next phase.
Be direct. Don't sugarcoat it."
Frankl's Logotherapy Dialogue
Prompt:
"I want you to guide me through a Socratic dialogue based on Viktor Frankl's logotherapy. Frankl believed the primary human drive isn't pleasure or power. It's meaning. And that meaning isn't something we invent. It's something we discover through three channels:
1. Creative values (what we give to the world through work or creation) 2. Experiential values (what we receive from the world through love, beauty, truth) 3. Attitudinal values (the stance we take toward unavoidable suffering)
Here's my current situation:
- What I'm struggling with: [describe your crisis]
- What I've lost or feel I'm losing: [identity, time, relationship, career path]
- What suffering I can't avoid right now: [obligations, health, circumstances]
Ask me a series of 8-10 Socratic questions, one at a time, designed to help me uncover where meaning already exists in my life that I might be overlooking. After I answer each one, respond with a follow-up that goes deeper.
Start with Frankl's central question: 'What is life asking of you right now?' not 'What are you asking of life?'"
NEWS FLASH: You can now resolve Cognitive Dissonance in Claude.
Most people hold two conflicting beliefs at the same time and don't even realize it's destroying their decisions.
Claude can untangle it for you if you prompt it right.
Here are 7 prompts to access Cognitive Dissonance Resolution Mode π
1/ The Conflict Detector
Paste this into Claude when you feel stuck, confused, or weirdly defensive about a topic:
"I'm trying to think clearly about [TOPIC].
I suspect I'm holding conflicting beliefs but I can't see them clearly.
Ask me 5 targeted questions about my position on [TOPIC]. After I answer, map out the exact contradictions between my stated beliefs.
Don't soften it. Show me where my logic breaks."
2/ The Steel Man Generator
Most people only argue for the side they already agree with. This prompt forces equal firepower on both:
"I believe [YOUR CURRENT POSITION] about [TOPIC].
Build the absolute strongest case AGAINST my position. Use real data, named researchers, and logical arguments that would make an expert in this field nod.
Then build the strongest case FOR my position with the same rigor.
Label which arguments rely on emotion vs. evidence."
π¨ BREAKING: Claude has a feature called Pre-Mortem Failure Radar.
You can use it to find every way your project will fail BEFORE you launch it.
Built on Gary Klein's Pre-Mortem framework. The same method used by Special Forces, NASA, and Fortune 500 crisis teams.
Here are 7 prompts to access it: π
1. The Startup Funeral
Prompt: "I'm about to launch [describe your startup/product
in 2-3 sentences, including target market and business model].
Assume it's 12 months from now and this startup has
completely failed. Not a slow decline. A total failure.
Generate 10 specific, realistic failure scenarios ranked
by probability. For each one:
- What exactly went wrong
- The earliest warning sign I would have seen
- The one decision that would have prevented it
- Whether this is a survivable mistake or a fatal one
Be brutally honest. I need the scenarios my optimism
is hiding from me."
2. The Agency Project Killer
Prompt: "I'm running a [type of agency] and I'm about
to take on this project: [describe the client, scope,
timeline, and budget].
Imagine this project ended in disaster. The client
fired us, we lost money, and our reputation took a hit.
Work backwards from that failure. Give me:
- 7 specific ways this project could go wrong
- Which ones are caused by the CLIENT vs caused by US
- The contract clause that would have saved us for each
- A pre-project checklist of 5 questions I should ask
the client before signing
Focus on the failures that agencies never see coming
because they're too excited about the revenue."