Base V1

Your AI builder operating system.
Turn Claude Code from a per-session tool into a workspace that remembers, maintains itself, and never goes stale.

Contents

- The Problem Every Claude Code User Hits
- What BASE Actually Does
- How It Works
- Install
- Upgrading from v2
- What Gets Installed
- The Maintenance Cycle
- Config Alignment
- MCP Server
- Operator Profile
- PSMM — Session Intelligence
- Apex Insights
- Multi-Project Workspaces — BASE + PAUL
- Creating Custom Surfaces
- How the Ecosystem Fits Together
- Design Principles
- Quick Start

Ecosystem

BASE is part of a broader Claude Code extension ecosystem:

The Problem Every Claude Code User Hits

You start a Claude Code session. Claude doesn't know:

- What you're working on
- What's blocked
- What you worked on yesterday
- What's overdue
- Which projects need attention

So you repeat yourself. Every. Single. Session.

Maybe you've tried fixing this with a massive CLAUDE.md file, @-mentions pointing at markdown docs, or manual context dumps at session start. It works... until it doesn't. Files go stale. Your CLAUDE.md becomes a junk drawer. You forget to update things. Claude starts making decisions based on outdated information. And the bigger your workspace gets, the worse it breaks.

This is the duct tape phase. Everyone goes through it. BASE is what comes after.

What BASE Actually Does

BASE turns your Claude Code workspace into a managed operating system. Instead of scattered markdown files and manual context loading, you get:

Structured data that Claude reads automatically. Your active projects, backlog items, client lists — anything you want Claude to passively know about — lives in structured JSON files. Lightweight hooks inject compact summaries into every session automatically. You never type…