Fractal AI Workshop EA Starter

Your Claude Code Executive Assistant. Talks to your n8n, your Notion, and your AI agent VPS.

Built for the Fractal AI Workshop with Matty Reed.

Setup — All in Claude Code, no terminal

Before you paste anything

1. Create a folder called EA somewhere you'll remember (e.g. in your Documents folder). This is your EA's home — it's where deliverables, notes, and configs will live.
2. Open Claude Code Desktop.
3. Open that EA folder in Claude Code: File → Open Folder → pick the EA folder you just created.

Now paste this in the chat

Set me up for the Fractal AI Workshop. The repo is at github.com/Mattyreed1/fractal-ai-workshop-ea-starter. Clone it and walk me through the setup.

Claude Code will (everything scoped to your EA folder — nothing global touched):

1. Clone the starter repo as .workshop-starter inside your EA folder (hidden source)
2. Install 3 skills into ./.claude/skills/
3. Ask you for your n8n URL + API key (walks you through where to find them)
4. Ask you for your Notion integration token (walks you through creating one)
5. Wire both MCP servers in ./.mcp.json
6. Create three files inside your EA folder:
   • CLAUDE.md — instructions Claude reads every session
   • USER.md — a starter file about you (fill in placeholders later)
   • projects/ — folder for deliverables
7. Create ./.claude/settings.json with project permissions
8. Tell you to quit + reopen Claude Code

Total: ~15 minutes. No terminal commands. Your other Claude Code projects (if any) are untouched.

After restart

Open the EA folder again in Claude Code. You'll see a prompt asking whether to trust this project's MCP servers — click Approve. Then paste:

Check my setup

Confirms everything is wired and ready.

From then on, every time you want to work with your EA, open Claude Code and open the EA folder. That's the entry point.

What's inside

What you'll need

• Claude Code Desktop (download)
• Node.js (download) — required for the MCP servers
• n8n account — Cloud or self-hosted (free signup)
• Notion account (signup)

For the Workshop Build #2 (post-workshop):

• A Hetzner Cloud account (the openclaw-vps-setup skill walks you through provisioning)

How to use it after setup

You: build an n8n workflow that takes incoming RFIs from a webhook and posts a summary to my Notion project DB
Claude Code: [reads the n8n + notion skills, designs the workflow, builds it via MCP, tests, confirms]

You: set up my VPS and onboard an RFI triage agent
Claude Code: [reads openclaw-vps-setup skill, walks through provisioning, installs OpenClaw, deploys the agent]

You: save today's meeting notes to my Notion in the project page for Acme
Claude Code: [searches Notion, finds the page, appends formatted notes]

The 90-day plan

After the workshop, see docs/90-day-plan.md:

• Week 1: One real task automated, your VPS running, one agent online
• Month 1: 2-3 more agents onboarded, shared memory layer in regular use
• Quarter 1: Walk into your next role with a working agent team

Already a power user?

If you prefer terminal:

git clone https://github.com/Mattyreed1/fractal-ai-workshop-ea-starter.git ~/fractal-ai-workshop-ea-starter
cd ~/fractal-ai-workshop-ea-starter
bash install.sh

Then wire the MCP servers manually per claude-skills/claude-code-setup/SKILL.md Steps 4-5, and restart Claude Code.

The Claude Code wizard path above handles all of this automatically.

License

MIT. Fork it, modify it, sell it.

Built by

Matty Reed / Fractal AI