Sound Like You
Anyone who writes for work and hates generic AI output, whichever assistant they use
Prerequisites: Module 101 (AI at Work 101) or Module 01 (Claude 101), or equivalent experience. On Claude, module 03 (Cowork folder set up) helps.
Last verified 2026-09-17
Learning objectives
- Understand why a voice file beats per-prompt style instructions
- Run a structured taste interview that extracts writing voice, beliefs, and hard rules
- Compress the raw interview into a compact, high-signal about-me file
- Test the file against real writing tasks and refine it
- Keep the file alive as taste changes
What's in this module
6 lessons · 6 exercises · ~7 min reading
Starts withYour voice is a set of patterns~1 minExecutive summary
You will learn how to capture your writing voice, taste, and hard rules in one compact file any AI can use. End state is a tested voice file, stored where your assistant reads it automatically, validated against your own past writing. After this module you can get first drafts in your voice from a one-line prompt, hand your voice to a team safely, and keep the file current as your taste changes.
Sources
- Claude Help Center, "Understanding Claude's personalization features", the product-level ways of telling Claude how you want to be worked with: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/10185728-understanding-claude-s-personalization-features
- Claude Help Center, "Use Claude's chat search and memory to build on previous context", what Claude retains between conversations, which is the alternative this module's file approach is competing with: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/11817273-use-claude-s-chat-search-and-memory-to-build-on-previous-context
- Gemini Apps Help, "Customize Gemini's responses with your instructions", the every-chat instructions and the account types they work on: https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16598625
- Gemini Apps Help, "Tips for creating custom Gems", instructions plus knowledge files as the home for a full voice file: https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15235603
- OpenAI Help Center, "ChatGPT Custom Instructions", where they live and the character limits per plan: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8096356-chatgpt-custom-instructions
- OpenAI Help Center, "Projects in ChatGPT", project files and project instructions, and how they override global custom instructions: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10169521-projects-in-chatgpt
- OpenAI Help Center, "Memory FAQ", what memory keeps and how to edit or switch it off: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8590148-memory-faq
- Microsoft Support, "Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks", the curated-references workspace that grounds Copilot on your file: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/get-started-with-microsoft-365-copilot-notebooks
- Microsoft Support, "Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Pages", the editable, reusable canvas beside Copilot Chat: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot/get-started-with-microsoft-365-copilot-pages
- Ruben Hassid, "I can be you": https://ruben.substack.com/p/youre-just-a-text-file
Prefer the live room?
This module also runs inside our in-person bootcamps and workshops in Copenhagen.
More in Track B
Set Up Claude Cowork
How Cowork works and how to set up the folder and context files that make it effective.
Stop Writing Like AI
The patterns that make text read as machine-written, from negative parallelism to banned vocabulary.
Stop Prompting, Start Briefing
Why maintained context files beat repeated prompting, and how to manage them with Obsidian.