Ian Provencher
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Claude Setup · the exhibit

My entire Claude setup, as an exhibit.

The operating system I run a frontier model with — every layer, and why.

The model is the engine. Everything around it — the doctrine, hooks, skills, memory, subagents, tools, and instruments — is the operating system I run it with. Rotate the rig, click any module to see what it does and why it’s there, or take the guided tour.

Direction in

The engine & its operating system

What ships

Prefers-reduced-motion and no-WebGL visitors get a full labeled diagram of the same setup. Toggle Diagram / 3D any time.

Why show it

A frontier model is only as good as the operating system around it. This is that system, made visible — the same layers that turn one operator’s direction into shipped software, including this site. The Operating Stack section writes the method out in words; this is the same thing you can walk around.