Claude Code + Your File System. The Practical Setup Guide for Knowledge Workers
How to use Claude Code for file organization: installation, CLAUDE.md setup, five copy-and-paste workflows, and the security risks to know first.
How to use Claude Code for file organization: installation, CLAUDE.md setup, five copy-and-paste workflows, and the security risks to know first.
A scanner sits on the desk. Paper goes in. A PDF comes out the other side, lands in a Dropbox folder with a name like ScanSnap_20260114_093247.pdf, and joins 230 others just like it. Insurance policies next to grocery receipts. German-language bank statements beside English tax forms. The promise of going paperless, fulfilled in the narrowest possible sense: the paper is gone, but the chaos remains.
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