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I built myself an AI chief of staff. Now you can too.
The author describes building Claudia, a local AI assistant that runs on his machine with persistent memory, relationship tracking, and proactive insights. Unlike command-based chatbots, Claudia operates on a 'Yoda model'—challenging thinking and surfacing things you didn't ask for. After 1,700 memories, she knows his world better than a human assistant.
Published April 13, 2026 by Kamil Banc
Lead claim
An AI chief of staff with local memory knows your commitments and tells you things you didn't ask.
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Local Terminal Assistant
Claudia is an AI assistant that runs locally on the user's computer inside the terminal.
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Persistent Local Memory
Claudia stores memories in a local database and remembers every conversation the user has had.
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Forty Built-In Skills
Claudia has about 40 skills, from morning briefs to meeting prep to relationship mapping.
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1,700 Stored Memories
After 1,700 memories, Claudia knows the author's world better than his actual human assistant.
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Yoda Over R2-D2
The Yoda model of AI use beats the command-and-execute R2-D2 model for personal assistants.
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"With R2-D2, you ask for answers. With Yoda, you're asking for questions."
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40 skills
Claudia has approximately 40 skills, ranging from morning briefs to meeting prep to relationship mapping.
1,700 memories
After accumulating 1,700 stored memories, the author claims Claudia knows his world better than his human assistant.
10 seats
The author's live workshop on April 18th is limited to 10 seats.
Supporting context
The article describes a practitioner-built system rather than a peer-reviewed study, so claims rest on the author's firsthand experience with his own AI assistant, Claudia. The methodology involves running an AI agent locally in a terminal with its own database, connecting it to email, calendar, and transcription tools, and instructing it to reflect on sessions to accumulate persistent memory. For practitioners, the key implementation insight is that value compounds with use: relationship maps, commitment tracking, and proactive pattern-spotting emerge only after sustained interaction. Readers should treat performance comparisons, such as outperforming a human assistant, as anecdotal self-reporting rather than measured benchmarks.
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