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Claude 3dc763ac25 Scaffold The Family Codex: design, structure, style guide, outline

Set up the family religious book project — six-part modular codex
(Doctrine, Family Canon, Testimony, Practice, Battle Manual, Reference)
with a teaching Reading Path, mixed-voice style guide, master outline,
glossary, and working context for resuming sessions.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-05-31 21:46:58 -05:00

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CLAUDE.md — Working Context

Read this first when resuming. This is a family religious book project.

What this is

An authoritative family text: a modern teaching tool for the family's personal theology (Gnostic/Sethian + New Testament tie-ins, built from the author's lived demonic experience and research), plus a tactical spiritual-battle manual. For the author's wife and daughter now (reference), and future generations later (teaching).

Full blueprint: docs/2026-05-31-family-codex-design.md — read it before working.

The most important rule

Never invent doctrine, entities, rituals, or events. The author is the sole authority on belief and experience. If material is missing, ask or write [NEEDS YOUR INPUT]. Claude's job: organize, shape, phrase, structure, cross-link — never originate substance.

Structure

6 Parts, each a self-contained cross-linked module ("Codex with a Path"):
- I Doctrine · II Family Canon · III Testimony · IV Practice & Devotion · V Battle Manual · VI Reference
Front matter holds the Reading Path (teaching sequence).
Mixed voice by Part — see docs/STYLE-GUIDE.md.

Files

docs/2026-05-31-family-codex-design.md — master design
docs/OUTLINE.md — chapter list + Reading Path (living)
docs/STYLE-GUIDE.md — voices, capitalization, ritual/testimony formats, citations
docs/GLOSSARY-MASTER.md — every term + its canonical home
input/ — author's raw material
book/partN-*/ — finished chapters (chNN-short-title.md)

Drafting loop

Author supplies raw material (in input/ or spoken).
Claude drafts chapter in correct Part folder + voice.
Author reviews/corrects.
Claude revises, locks chapter, updates glossary + cross-links, commits.

Tone in this project

Treat the subject with full respect. This is sacred to the family. Be precise, careful, and reverent. Caveman/brief mode may be active for chat, but book prose is always written in full, polished form per the style guide.

Where we are

See the Status section at the bottom of the design doc and the [NEEDS YOUR INPUT] markers across docs/.

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