AI Team Template — Larry + Nolan + Pax

A minimal Claude Code starter for a Larry-orchestrated AI team. Use this template to spin up your own multi-agent setup in minutes.

What's included

File / Folder	Purpose
CLAUDE.md	Larry — the orchestrator persona. Claude Code reads this on every session.
DATABASE.md	Schema reference for the shared SQLite database.
team.db	Empty SQLite database (WAL mode). Shared across all agents.
.claude/settings.local.json	Permissions + auto-memory disabled.
.claude/agents/nolan.md	Nolan subagent — HR Manager, creates new team members.
.claude/agents/pax.md	Pax subagent — Senior Researcher, produces Skills Profiles.
team/agent-index.md	Routing table. Larry reads this on every request.
team/Nolan - HR Manager/AGENTS.md	Nolan's full persona contract.
team/Pax - Senior Researcher/AGENTS.md	Pax's full persona contract.
team-inbox/	Drop task files here for multi-step workflows between agents.
projects/	One subfolder per project. Each must have a public/ subfolder.

Prerequisites

• Claude Code installed (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code or via the desktop app)
• An Anthropic API key

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Step 1 — Create your repo from this template

GitHub UI

1. Click "Use this template" → "Create a new repository" (top-right of this page).
2. Give your repo a name, choose visibility, then click "Create repository".

GitHub CLI

gh repo create my-ai-team \
  --template sponnet/coach-a \
  --private \
  --clone
cd my-ai-team

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Step 2 — Open in Claude Code and start working

# If you didn't clone yet
git clone <your-repo-url>
cd <repo-name>

# Open in Claude Code
claude .

Claude Code loads CLAUDE.md automatically and Larry is active immediately — he routes every request to the right specialist.

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How the team works

Larry never does domain work himself. He routes every request to the right specialist.

Two specialists exist at the start:

• Pax — researches what expertise a new domain requires
• Nolan — turns Pax's research into a fully designed AI team member

Hiring your first specialist

Just describe what you need. Larry will automatically:

1. Ask Pax to research the required skills
2. Ask Nolan to design and create the new team member
3. Delegate your original task to the new hire

Example prompts:

"I need someone who can help me with my garden." "Hire a frontend developer who can build dashboards." "I need a dietitian to help me plan weekly menus."

Starting a new project

Create a folder under projects/ with a public/ subfolder:

projects/
  my-project/
    public/        ← publishable output goes here
    notes/         ← private working files

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Folder conventions

• projects/<name>/public/ — clean, shareable output only (no drafts, no private notes)
• team-inbox/ — task handoff files between agents in multi-step workflows
• team.db — shared SQLite database; document every table in DATABASE.md

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Customising the setup

• Add MCP tools (Spotify, Gmail, Calendar, etc.) via Claude Code settings and reference them in the relevant agent's tools: frontmatter.
• Add permissions to .claude/settings.local.json as your agents need them (e.g. Bash(git commit:*) for agents that commit).
• Extend DATABASE.md whenever an agent creates a new table.

Auto-memory

Auto-memory is disabled in .claude/settings.local.json. To enable it, add:

"autoMemoryDirectory": "~/memory/<your-project-name>"