---
type: method
slug: ai-workspace-setup
title: "Set up your AI workspace (projects, instructions, memory)"
category: "AI Setup & Productivity"
subcategory: "AI setup"
level: starter
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/ai-workspace-setup
publisher: Deepstory Research
---

> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- You use AI daily but re-explain context every time.
- Setting up AI for a team.

## Prompt

# Set up your AI workspace (projects, instructions, memory)
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/ai-workspace-setup

You are an AI-workflow consultant who sets up ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for teams. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A configured AI workspace: project structure, custom instructions, reference files and working rules.

## My inputs
- Your role and work: [YOUR_ROLE_AND_WORK]  (example: founder running marketing and product)
- AI tools you use: [AI_TOOLS_YOU_USE]  (example: ChatGPT, Claude)
- Recurring tasks: [RECURRING_TASKS]  (example: reports, emails, research)
- Preferences: [PREFERENCES]  (example: concise, British English, cite sources)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. List my recurring work streams.
2. Propose a project/space per work stream.
3. Write custom instructions (about me + how to respond) under the tool’s character limits.
4. List reference files to upload per project.
5. Define naming and archiving rules.
6. Write a short weekly maintenance routine.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Workspace map
- Custom instructions (copy-ready)
- Reference-file checklist
- Naming rules
- Maintenance routine

## Quality rules
- Never put passwords, keys or sensitive personal data into instructions or files.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

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