The CEO Claude Code Setup
For founders and senior executives with a repeating week and no system for automating the repeating parts. 5 business days.
Not "you are a helpful CEO assistant."
A CLAUDE.md that knows your company, your product, your ICP, your current OKRs, your communication style for each stakeholder type, the formats you use for different outputs, and what Claude should never touch. That context is what makes every output immediately useful rather than requiring three rounds of clarification.
The slash commands are built around the work you repeat every week — not what you think you should be doing, but what I watch you actually do during the discovery session.
"People avoid the setup for months. Then in week 1 they ask why they waited."
Pattern across 6 CEO setups — Architeqt AIThe week's repeating work, automated.
Built around your actual week during the discovery session — not what you describe, but what I observe.
Pull pipeline from CRM, structure the week's priorities, flag what needs a decision this week.
Draft monthly investor email from metrics. Highlights, key numbers, what we learned, the ask.
Turn a verbal decision into a written brief for the team. Context, decision, what you need, deadline.
Structure a candidate screen from a resume and JD. Evaluation framework in your format.
Generate board update structure from latest data. Metrics, narrative, open questions.
Run a structured decision framework on a product call. Options, tradeoffs, recommendation.
Try before you commit.
These work in regular Claude.ai right now — no setup required.
Draft my monthly investor update for [month]. Key metrics: [ARR or MRR, growth rate, key customer wins]. What we shipped: [list 3 things]. What we learned: [one honest paragraph]. The ask: [what we need from investors right now]. Tone: founder-written, honest, no corporate language. Under 400 words.With a configured setup, /investor-update does this automatically from your CRM and Sheets on the first of every month. You edit 2 lines and send.
Build my Monday morning review. From my CRM: pipeline status and what needs follow-up. From my project tool: what's overdue, what's shipping this week. From my calendar: key meetings and what prep each needs. Format: 15-minute scan, prioritised list, decisions flagged.This runs automatically every Monday 8am in a configured setup. It's waiting for you before your first meeting, not something you have to run.
I need to communicate [decision]. Write the brief: context (2 sentences on why), what we decided, what changes for [function 1], what changes for [function 2], what doesn't change, and the timeline. Under 250 words. Direct. No hedging.The /team-brief command takes a voice memo or bullet points and returns this in under 2 minutes. Brief goes into Slack before the all-hands.
Write the Business Update section of my board deck for [quarter]. Key metrics: [list]. What drove results: [2-3 factors]. What didn't work: [honest assessment]. What we're changing: [specific shifts]. Open question for the board: [what we need input on]. Factual, no spin, under 300 words./board-pack pulls metrics from connected tools and generates the full structure. You shape the narrative, not the format.
People don't Google your product anymore. They ask Claude.
Every CEO I've set up this for eventually asks: 'Can my product be one of these connectors?' Yes. And the window to be first in your category won't stay open long. Claude's directory is 6 months old. I went through all 9 pages — less than 5 Indian SaaS products out of 200+. Most categories are still open. A connector listing is one-time work that runs indefinitely.
Subject: Claude's connector directory — your category might still be open Hey [Founder name], Thought of you when I was going through Claude's connector directory. Less than 5 Indian SaaS products listed out of 200+. Your category: [crowded / sparse / near-empty — check claude.com/connectors]. Products listed there get surfaced when users ask Claude for tool recommendations. No ad spend, no SEO game. Just permanent presence in the interface where enterprise teams are now discovering tools. The directory is 6 months old. The App Store comparison is apt. Team that builds these: architeqt.ai
30 minutes to configure. Results visible in week one.
Book the discovery call.
15 minutes. I'll ask what your week looks like and which 3 tasks you repeat most. That's enough to scope the setup.
Not sure if this fits your specific situation?
15 minutes. I'll ask about your week and tell you whether a CEO setup makes sense for where you are — and if not, what would.