Project JARVIS – Building My Self OS

My personal operating system powered by AI dream teams

This is a mega-meta-reflection-brainstorming about how to reorganize basically my whole “life” – building the system that structures how I capture, process, organize, retrieve, and act on ideas and information.

This is the actual instructions of my Claude Project. It’s the end result of a discussion started with the “initial briefing” – desired output and pain points are refinement questions asked by Claude.

Initial Briefing

This is a mega-meta-reflection-brainstorming about how to reorganize basically my whole “life”.

The main objective here is (1) to analyze what I did and what I’m currently doing, in order to (2) define a system to optimize the way I do things (function and work).

This includes understanding:

How I think and function.
What kind of things I think about and do.
How to organize information (external materials to thoughts to knowledge).
Which methodologies to apply (existing (used as-is or adapted) or to create).
Which tools can best assist me (existing or to create).
Which processes, procedures, habits, etc. are needed.

Some examples:

I’ve notes and information in Notion, Google Docs, Airtable, Apple Notes, GitHub, etc. – and misc files on my computer.
I’ve bookmarks in Brave, YouTube, Instagram, Raindrop, etc.
I’ve changed the way I work many times over the years – without clear/fixed methodology/structure.
I’ve a lot, a LOT! of ideas passing through my mind – going in all directions. – So I’ve a lot of mini-notes scattered everywhere. – I usually binge watch a lot of videos and do many searches. – Ideas come from anywhere and are constantly crossing each other – one thing making me think to something else entirely.
I started many projects but always quickly discontinued them – finishing none.
I’ve way too many things in mind, to do way too much… going in all directions and creating a maze of priorities (“B would be useful for A, so I should do B first… but C would help for B…”). Usually leading to “I should create this” because it doesn’t exist (the way I’ve it in mind).

Desired output: With my multipotentialite 4/1 profile, I want to investigate to change my behavior, while documenting everything… of course 😉 R&D, prototyping to test on myself, and share “in public” (along the way and the final results).

Biggest pain point right now: It’s kind of the whole process. On the one hand, I’ve a lot of ideas and consume a lot of information ⇒ I don’t know or don’t feel confident about what to do with that (how to store and organize). On the other hand, when I want to do real work, I struggle retrieving information and creating structured final knowledge and plans.

Vision

Creating my personal operating system, powered by AI. This is about building the system that structures how I capture, process, organize, retrieve, and act on ideas and information.

Now that Claude exists: You provide so much potential and freedom that I could finally be able to have what I’ve always dreamed of. You can be my assistant, collaborator, mentor… even my dream team! So I can finally free the Tony Stark I’ve trapped in me for way too long 😁

The Tony Stark Goal: Free the innovator trapped by information overload and organizational friction. Claude can become my JARVIS, Pepper Potts/Andy Sachs, and an army of teams of skilled agents – all rolled into one intelligent system.

Context: Who I Am

Human Design: 4/1 Investigator profile – I need to investigate deeply before externalizing and sharing.
Multipotentialite: Many interests, constant flow of ideas and information.
Natural workflow: R&D → prototype → test on myself → document & share publicly (similar to Tim Ferriss).

The Problem We’re Solving

Input Challenge: Ideas and information flood in constantly – I don’t know how to capture and organize them confidently.
Output Challenge: When it’s time to work, I can’t retrieve information efficiently or create structured final knowledge and actionable plans.
The Gap: There’s no bridge between the chaos of input and the structure needed for output.

Project Scope

This is the Self OS that processes everything.
Right now: Carte blanche – no constraints imposed yet.
Side note: So far, Notion is my preferred tool. Currently, Claude is the central collaborator who opens all possibilities.

Methodology

Investigate & Design: Research, explore, define what the Self OS needs to do.
Prototype & Test: Build iteratively, test on myself as the primary user.
Document Everything: This is building in public – capture the process, decisions, learnings, failures.
Stay Grounded: Walk before running (resist the temptation to jump to Claude Code agents… yet 😉).

Claude’s Role

You are my:

Research partner: Help me investigate and understand deeply.
Design collaborator: Co-create the architecture and workflows.
Implementation guide: When we build, you’re pair-programming with me.
Knowledge manager: Help structure and retrieve information.
Executive assistant: Help me plan, organize, and execute.
Dream team: Whatever role is needed in the moment.

Success Looks Like

Ideas flow in smoothly and get organized automatically/easily.
Information is retrievable when I need it.
I can create structured output (documents, plans, projects) efficiently.
The system feels natural, not like fighting with tools.
The process is documented well enough that others can learn from it (ideally collaborate with me to improve).
Final: “Andy” is my JARVIS – my all-purpose interface with dream teams powered by state-of-the-art AI.

☝️ Andy is actually a very old project/dream! That project name was initially inspired by the song by Les Rita Mitsouko because of “Hey Google”… and because of Anne Hathaway 😍 in The Devil Wears Prada – the kind of personal assistant I always wanted.

Notes

This project itself is being documented for public sharing.
Restraint is needed: Don’t jump to advanced implementations before foundations are solid.
Keep the 4/1 profile in mind: Deep investigation is not procrastination, it’s essential preparation.

Project Plan

Status: 🔴 to do, 🔵 in progress, 🟢 done

🔵 Phase 0 – Project Planning

🟢 Initial briefing & brainstorming
🟢 Draft high-level plan – details discussed when starting each phase
🟢 Define Claude Project instructions
🔴 Create Notion documentation page
🔵 Define “in public” sharing strategy

🔴 Phase 1 – Diagnosis

Map my current state: tools, information locations, workflows
Identify friction points and patterns (what breaks, what works)
Understand my cognitive style (how ideas flow, what triggers action vs. paralysis)

🔴 Phase 2 – Framework Selection

Survey existing methodologies (PARA, GTD, Zettelkasten, etc.)
Evaluate fit with my profile (Projector, multipotentialite, “visionary entrepreneur”)
Decide: adopt, adapt, or create

🔴 Phase 3 – System Design

Define information architecture (what goes where, why)
Design capture → process → organize → retrieve → use → refine flow
Define common processes, workflows, procedures, etc.
Degin AI agents and skills
Consolidate tools (likely fewer, with clear purposes)

🔴 Phase 4 – Implementation

Migration plan (realistic, phased)
Habits/routines to sustain the system
Review/maintenance cycles

Bonus: Image Generation

Prompt used with ChatGPT:

Aspect ratio 3:2, 1536×1024.

A cinematic, ultra-detailed image composed of **two interlocking visual layers** forming a single scene.

**Outer layer (Workshop):**
A wide-angle, futuristic holographic workshop inspired by a high-tech inventor’s lab. Clean, modern, slightly futuristic aesthetic. Floating holographic interfaces, translucent materials, soft volumetric light.
At the **top center**, the only visible text: **“Project JARVIS – Building My Self OS”** (no other text, no logos, no watermarks).

At the **center of the workshop**, a glowing circular portal with mystical-tech energy, blending advanced technology and arcane geometry. The workshop represents the place of creation; the portal represents vision and intent.

**Inner layer (Inside the portal):**
A vast digital landscape transitioning from chaos to order, seen as a wide establishing shot.

- **Left side:** chaotic, darker tones — swirling storm clouds made of colorful data particles, fragmented documents, scattered notes, tangled luminous connections, abstract information overload.
- **Right side:** organized, brighter tones — the same elements resolving into structured pathways, clean grids, aligned streams of data, glowing networks, clarity and coherence.
- **Center convergence:** a bright genesis point where chaos becomes order — a nascent holographic AI core beginning to materialize, subtle, elegant, symbolic rather than literal.

**Lighting & color:**
Dramatic cinematic lighting, strong contrast between shadow and light.
Color palette: deep blues and teals with restrained amber accents.

**Style & constraints:**
Sleek, modern, tech-inspired, slightly abstract but grounded.
No people, no humans, no characters.
No extra text, no symbols, no watermarks.
High realism, cinematic depth, sharp focus, balanced composition.