Free CourseBuild a Website

Module 1 · Kick off your project

Run the kickoff prompt

6 min

Now the moment it all comes alive. You’ll paste one prompt into Claude Code. It reads your Build Kit, sets up your project, and confirms it understands the whole plan — ready to build your brand next.

Paste this into Claude Code

With your website-revamp folder open in Claude Code (and the kit dropped in), paste:

The kickoff prompt

You're going to help me build and launch a complete website for my business, step by step, over several
sessions. I'm not technical, so please keep everything simple and do the technical parts for me.

To start:
1. Read your CLAUDE.md. Then look in the .claude/skills folder and LIST the five skills by name with a
   one-line purpose for each (brand-strategy, web-architecture, frontend-design, copywriting, deploy). If
   any of the five is missing, tell me in plain words exactly which one and stop so I can fix it.
2. Set up a clean starting point: initialize Git in this folder and make a first commit so my work is
   saved. (We'll build the actual website in a later stage — for now just get the project ready.)
3. In plain language, tell me back the 6 stages we'll go through together, so I know the plan.
4. Then stop and wait — I'll come back from the next course module and tell you when to begin my brand
   strategy.

What Claude will do

  • Confirm it can see your CLAUDE.md and skills.
  • Set up Git and save a first snapshot of your (currently empty) project.
  • Explain the 6 stages back to you in plain English.
  • Pause, ready for the next step.

The 6 stages you’re about to walk

Here’s the plan the kit teaches Claude — so you see it before Claude recites it back. Handily, Stages 1–6 are Modules 2–7 of this course — one stage per module, then two short modules to launch and grow:

1Brand strategybrand-strategy.md
2Architecture & copysite-architecture.md
3Buildyour site on localhost
4Audit & optimizemake it flawless
5GitHub backupsafe cloud copy
6Go liveVercel + your domain
End of Module 1 — Claude knows the plan

Claude Code has read your kit, set up your project, and understands the whole 6-stage process. From here, every module is one copy-paste prompt. Next up: building your brand strategy.

If you get stuck

If Claude says it can’t find CLAUDE.md or the skills, the kit landed in the wrong place. Make sure CLAUDE.md and the .claude folder are directly inside your website-revamp folder, then paste the prompt again.

On Windows: if Claude says it can’t run Git or commands, fully close and reopen the Claude app — Windows needs this once after you install Git — then paste the prompt again.

Watch this step

The kickoff prompt lives or dies on the CLAUDE.md file it reads. This two-minute clip from Claude's own channel shows exactly what that file is and does. It’s from an independent creator — credited below, so go give them a follow.

The CLAUDE.md file

ClaudeCurated · third-party