AI Command Center Starter (Obsidian + Claude)

A free starter kit for building your own AI command center: an Obsidian vault that works as your second brain, and Claude Desktop reading and writing to it. Made by Launch Automation in Boca Raton, Florida.

No email sign-up, no upsell. Download it, use it, change it.

What is in this kit

• A 14-page guide (PDF) that walks you through the whole setup, step by step.
• A ready-to-use vault template you drop into Obsidian:
  • CLAUDE.md, the operating instructions Claude reads every session
  • System/ files for who you are, your brand, your tools and your current focus
  • Wiki/ for everything your second brain should remember
  • Templates/ for clients, conversations, tasks and meeting notes
  • Raw/, Output/, Captures/ and Daily Briefings/ folders for the day-to-day flow
• A beginner's guide to Obsidian, with no jargon.
• A skills install guide (step 8 of the main guide).
• A design spec for an optional voice-driven dashboard layer.

Quick start (about 30 minutes)

1. Install Obsidian (free).
2. In your Documents folder, create a new folder named Vault.
3. Copy everything inside 2 - Drop Into Your Vault into that Vault folder. CLAUDE.md must sit at the root of the vault.
4. In Obsidian choose Open folder as vault and pick your Vault folder.
5. Install Claude Desktop and open it on your vault folder.
6. Open CLAUDE.md, fill in the business context section, and follow the guide for the rest.

Read 1 - Read These First/Command Center Guide - READ FIRST!.pdf before you start.

What you need

• A Mac or Windows computer
• Obsidian (free)
• Claude Desktop with Cowork mode. The guide says Cowork needs Anthropic's Max plan at the time of writing, so check Anthropic's current plans before you buy anything.

You do not need any paid add-ons to start. The guide tells you when, and if, an optional extra is worth it.

Folder map

1 - Read These First/        the guide, the Obsidian beginner's guide, the skills install guide
2 - Drop Into Your Vault/    the vault template (copy this into your Obsidian vault)
3 - Deep Dive Docs (Optional)/  the design spec for the voice-driven dashboard layer
DISCLAIMER.pdf               please read before using
LICENSE                      MIT

About Launch Automation

We build custom websites, business apps, membership platforms and AI command centers for small businesses.

• The free guide page: https://launchautomation.ai/free
• What a Jarvis-style command center looks like: https://launchautomation.ai/jarvis
• Want one built for your business? https://launchautomation.ai/ai-command-center
• One-on-one AI setup sessions: https://launchautomation.ai/ai

License and disclaimer

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE and DISCLAIMER.pdf. This kit is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic or Obsidian.