How I turned Claude into a self-improving PM assistant | Daniel Blum (PM, Melio)
- ID
- 19771
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 31 Aug 2026, 8:04 PM
- Fetched
- 31 Aug 2026, 8:15 PM
- Provider
- Lenny's Newsletter
- Category
- product-startup
- Original URL
- https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-i-turned-claude-into-a-self-improving
- Source URL
- https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/feed
Summary
- Score
- 7.0
- Created
- 31 Aug 2026, 8:15 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- ai_agent_usersvibe_coderssaas_founders
What happened
Daniel Blum, a PM at Melio, details his productivity system using Claude and Cowork that manages his Notion board, processes Slack and email, and runs weekly self-improvement loops. He runs 70-80% of his workday through this setup and built a 'Workstation' plugin to onboard other Melio employees to a personalized Claude setup in 15 minutes.
Why it matters
AI agent users can adopt his specific automation patterns, such as building a self-improvement loop that watches user edits to suggest new skills, or using a Chrome connector instead of MCPs for tools lacking native integrations.
Discussion angle
How to implement a self-improvement loop in an AI agent that observes user edits and friction to autonomously suggest new skills.