Make Claude Remember You: Projects, Skills & the About-Me File

Every time you open a new Claude chat, it starts from zero. It doesn't know your name, your business, your writing style, or the tools you use. You repeat yourself constantly.

This guide fixes that. You'll build a personal knowledge layer that loads automatically every time you talk to Claude. The result: faster outputs, fewer corrections, and responses that sound like you wrote them.

Three features make this possible: an about-me file, Projects, and Skills. Each one builds on the last.

What you need: A Claude account at claude.ai. Free accounts get 5 Projects. Pro ($20/mo), Max, and Team plans get unlimited Projects plus more usage.

Create your about-me file

This is the foundation. A single document that tells Claude who you are, what you do, and how you communicate. Once it exists, you'll attach it to every Project so Claude never asks basic questions again.

Open a new Claude chat and paste this prompt:

I want to create a personal about-me file that I can attach to every Claude project. Interview me with 50 questions — one at a time — covering:

- My background, profession, and expertise
- My business or side projects
- My writing style and tone preferences
- The tools and platforms I use daily
- My audience and who I create content for
- My goals for the next 6–12 months
- My pet peeves and things to always avoid in outputs

After all 50 questions, compile everything into a clean markdown document called about-me.md that I can copy and use as project context.

Claude will ask you 50 questions, one by one. Answer each honestly. Short answers work fine. After the last question, Claude compiles your answers into a structured markdown file.

What you'll get: A markdown document with sections like "Background," "Writing Style," "Tools I Use," "Content Guidelines," and "Things to Avoid." Copy the full output and save it somewhere you can grab it later (a note app, a Google Doc, your desktop).

Tip: Review the file before using it. Remove anything inaccurate. Add details Claude didn't ask about. This file will shape every response you get, so make it precise.

Create your first Project

Projects are Claude's way of keeping persistent context across conversations. Think of a Project as a workspace: it has a name, a set of instructions, and files that load into every chat you start inside it.

Here's how to set one up:

1. Go to claude.ai and click Projects in the left sidebar.
2. Click Create project.
3. Give it a clear name: "Client — Acme Corp," "Newsletter," "YouTube Scripts," etc.

Add your about-me file as context

Once the Project is open, you'll see a section for Project knowledge. This is where you attach files and instructions that Claude reads before every conversation.

1. Click Add content inside the Project knowledge area.
2. Paste the contents of your about-me.md file, or upload it directly.
3. Optionally, add a short system prompt in the Project instructions field. Example: "Always write in my voice. Reference my about-me file for tone, tools, and audience."

Now start a chat inside that Project. Claude already knows your name, your business, your tools, and your style. No warmup needed.

Add one about-me file to every Project

This is the key habit. Every new Project you create should include your about-me file as context. One file, every project.

You can also add project-specific files alongside it. A client's brand guide, a product spec, a list of past blog titles. Claude reads everything in the knowledge section before responding.

Free plan: You get 5 Projects. Use them for your 5 most common workflows. Pro and higher plans have no Project limit.

Create a Skill for repetitive tasks

Skills are reusable prompt templates you trigger with a slash command. If you do something more than twice (write a LinkedIn post, draft a cold email, summarize meeting notes), turn it into a Skill.

Here's how:

1. Open any chat and click the + button next to the message box.
2. Select Create a skill.
3. Give it a name and a slash command (e.g., /linkedin-post).
4. Write the prompt template. Use placeholders like {{topic}} so Claude asks for input each time.

Example Skill — LinkedIn post:

Write a LinkedIn post about {{topic}}.

Use my voice and tone from my about-me file. Keep it under 200 words. Start with a hook that creates curiosity. End with a question to drive comments. No hashtags unless I ask.

Use your Skills with slash commands

Once a Skill is saved, type / in any chat to see your available commands. Select one, fill in the variables, and Claude runs the full prompt instantly.

Skills work inside Projects too. When you trigger a Skill inside a Project, Claude combines the Skill's prompt with the Project's context. That means your about-me file, your project files, and your prompt template all feed into one response.

Daily workflow: how to use all three together

Here's what your daily Claude usage looks like after setup:

1. Open the right Project. Working on your newsletter? Open the Newsletter project. Client work? Open that client's project.
2. Start a chat. Claude already has your about-me file and project context loaded.
3. Type / to trigger a Skill. Need a LinkedIn post, email draft, or content outline? One slash command and it's done.
4. Iterate. Ask for edits, request variations, refine. Claude remembers everything within the conversation.

No more pasting background info. No more "write in a casual but professional tone." No more explaining what your business does. Claude just knows.

Mistakes to avoid

• Dumping everything into one Project. Keep Projects focused. One per client, one per content type, one per major workflow. Mixing contexts confuses Claude.
• Never updating your about-me file. Your business changes. Your tools change. Review and update the file every few months.
• Writing vague Skills. "Write me a post" is too open. "Write a 150-word LinkedIn post about {{topic}} in my voice, starting with a contrarian take" gives Claude what it needs.
• Skipping the about-me interview. It's tempting to write a quick paragraph. Don't. The 50-question format surfaces details you'd never think to include. Those details make the biggest difference.
• Forgetting Skills exist. Once you build 5–10 Skills, your daily tasks take minutes instead of back-and-forth conversations.

Quick reference

Feature	What it does	Free plan	Pro plan
Projects	Persistent context across chats	5 projects	Unlimited
Skills	Reusable slash-command prompts	Available	Available
About-me file	Personal context you attach to Projects	Works on all plans	Works on all plans

FAQ

Does Claude remember things between conversations?
Not by default. Each new chat starts fresh. Projects solve this by loading your files and instructions automatically. Inside a single conversation, Claude remembers everything said so far.

Can I share a Project with my team?
Yes, on Team and Enterprise plans. You can invite collaborators who share the same Project context.

How many files can I add to a Project?
Claude supports up to 200K tokens of context per conversation. In practice, you can add several documents. If you hit the limit, trim your files to the most relevant content.

Do Skills work on mobile?
Yes. The Claude iOS and Android apps support Skills and Projects.

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