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Claude Project instructions and knowledge plan

Set up a Claude Project with custom instructions and a knowledge plan so chats stay grounded in your files.

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Written for Claude Opus 5.5 (Projects) · Updated 2026-10-17

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Prompt

Help me set up a Claude Project for [project/team].
Write custom instructions: role, audience, tone, preferred formats, terms to use, and a rule to quote project knowledge with the file name when answering factual questions.
Then list the documents to add to project knowledge, what each covers, and gaps I should fill.

Replace everything in [square brackets] with your own details.

Settings & parameters

Create a Project in Claude, paste the instructions and add files to project knowledge

Variations

Sales enablement project.
Research thesis project.

Tips

Ask Claude to cite file names to make answers checkable.
Remove outdated files so they do not confuse answers.

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