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“I’m incapable of doing my job without AI”: How this top PM uses Claude + ChatGPT as his second brain

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Oct 6, 2025

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Amir Klein

Amir Klein, a product manager at Monday.com, spearheads the AI agents initiative and excels in using AI tools for project management. He shares how AI has become indispensable for context switching, allowing him to build 'second brains' in Claude and ChatGPT. Amir explains his innovative Reddit scraper that gathers customer insights without coding skills and uses AI to analyze vast amounts of data. He also discusses creating writing coaches and conducting mock interviews with GPT voice mode, showcasing the transformative power of AI in product management.

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Use AI To Hold Context

Context-switching is the PM bottleneck that AI can solve by holding many threads externally.
Amir uses project-specific GPTs as independent "second brains" to reduce cognitive load.

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Built A Reddit Scraper With Claude

Amir asked Claude to help build a Reddit scraper and followed step-by-step instructions despite limited coding skill.
The assistant wrote scripts and commands that produced a working scraper and environment setup for him.

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Turn Large Feedback Sets Into Priorities

After scraping 34,000 rows, Amir used Claude to analyze and summarize themes and frequencies.
He prioritized product decisions with weighted counts and sample quotes to validate findings.

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Why Amir Is Dependent on AI

03:16 • 1min

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What a Project 'Second Brain' Contains

04:46 • 51sec

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Key Files a PM Should Upload

05:37 • 54sec

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Using GPTs to Scope Product Work

06:31 • 2min

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Why Amir Scraped Reddit for Customer Signals

08:35 • 58sec

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How Claude Guided a Reddit Scraper Build

09:34 • 1min

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Running the Scraper and Outputting Data

10:37 • 1min

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Analyzing 34,000 Reddit Conversations

12:02 • 2min

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Fact-Checking AI Analysis

13:41 • 43sec

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Feeding Analysis Back Into Project GPTs

14:23 • 46sec

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Everything-as-Text Trick for GPT Knowledge

15:09 • 2min

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Creating a Writing Coach GPT

16:46 • 2min

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How the Writing GPT Improves Concision

19:14 • 4min

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Turning Performance Feedback into a Coach

23:32 • 37sec

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Using GPT Voice for Mock Interviews

24:09 • 2min

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How to Structure Voice-Mode Interview Prep

26:32 • 2min

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Live GPT Voice Mock Interview Demo

28:37 • 2min

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Why Voice Mode Feels Natural for Practice

30:12 • 3min

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Recap: Building Product GPTs and Workflows

33:08 • 3min

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Amir's Bonus: A Public Scraper Tool in Progress

35:43 • 29sec

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Top PM Skill Missing Without AI

36:11 • 1min

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How Amir Handles Bad AI Outputs

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Amir Klein is a product manager at Monday.com, leading their AI agents initiative. Despite taking two months of paternity leave, he ranked #4 out of 90 PMs in AI tool usage at his company. In this episode, Amir reveals how he’s become “highly dependent and maybe incapable” of doing his job without AI, showing his custom GPT workflows that help him manage context switching, analyze customer feedback, improve his writing, and prepare for product interviews.

What you’ll learn:

How to create project-specific “second brains” in Claude and ChatGPT that hold context for you across multiple workstreams
A step-by-step process for using Claude to build a Reddit scraper that gathers thousands of customer conversations, without coding expertise
How to analyze large datasets of customer feedback using AI to identify patterns, priorities, and key discussion points
A workflow for creating custom GPTs that help you improve specific skills based on manager feedback
Techniques for using GPT voice mode to conduct realistic mock interviews that provide candid feedback on your responses
Why “everything is text” should be your mindset when feeding information into AI tools, from PDFs to slide decks
How to use AI to respond quickly to stakeholder requests even when you’re context switching between multiple projects

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Where to find Amir Klein:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-klein-9b8444189/

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Where to find Claire Vo:

ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/

Website: https://clairevo.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/

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In this episode, we cover:

(00:00) Introduction to Amir

(03:11) Using custom GPT project folders as “second brains”

(06:24) Building a Reddit scraper with Claude’s help

(11:02) Analyzing 34,000 rows of Reddit conversations

(14:06) How to build effective custom GPT knowledge bases

(18:04) Creating a custom writing coach from Lenny’s Newsletter

(21:53) Using AI for professional development and feedback

(24:08) Preparing for product interviews with GPT voice mode

(31:49) Additional use cases for voice mode

(33:04) Recap of Amir’s AI workflows

(35:43) Lightning round and final thoughts

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Tools referenced:

• Claude: https://claude.ai/

• ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/

• Reddit API: https://www.reddit.com/dev/api/

• Python: https://www.python.org/

• Slack: https://slack.com/

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Other references:

• Wes Kao: https://weskao.com/

• Become a better communicator: Specific frameworks to improve your clarity, influence, and impact | Wes Kao (coach, entrepreneur, advisor): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/become-a-better-communicator-specific

• On Writing Well by William Zinsser: https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548

• The Elements of Style by Strunk and White: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Style-Fourth-William-Strunk/dp/020530902X

• Exponent YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ExponentTV

• monday.com: https://monday.com/

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