Teresa Torres is the author of Continuous Discovery Habits and an internationally acclaimed speaker and coach. In this episode, Teresa demonstrates how she’s built a personalized productivity system using Claude Code to manage her tasks, automate research collection, and improve her writing. She shows how non-developers can leverage AI tools to create personalized workflows that match their unique needs and thinking style.

What you’ll learn:

How Teresa built a personalized task management system in Claude Code that matches her exact workflow needs
Why she moved from Trello to a markdown-based system that gives her complete control and searchability
How she automated academic research collection with daily digests of relevant papers
Her strategy for organizing context files to make Claude more effective without overwhelming it
Why “pair programming” with Claude has become her approach to everything from writing to task management
How she uses Claude as a writing partner while maintaining her authentic voice
The power of slash commands and automation to reduce friction in daily workflows