Claude Code for product managers: research, writing, context libraries, custom to-do system, and more | Teresa Torres

**Teresa Torres *is the author of Continuous Discovery Habits and an internationally acclaimed speaker and coach. In this episode, Teresa demonstrates how she’s built a personalized productivity system using Claude Code to manage her tasks, automate research collection, and improve her writing. She shows how non-developers can leverage AI tools to create personalized workflows that match their unique needs and thinking style. What you’ll learn: - How Teresa built a personalized task management system in Claude Code that matches her exact workflow needs - Why she moved from Trello to a markdown-based system that gives her complete control and searchability - How she automated academic research collection with daily digests of relevant papers - Her strategy for organizing context files to make Claude more effective without overwhelming it - Why “pair programming” with Claude has become her approach to everything from writing to task management - How she uses Claude as a writing partner while maintaining her authentic voice - The power of slash commands and automation to reduce friction in daily workflows — Brought to you by: Brex—The intelligent finance platform built for founders Graphite—The next generation of code review — In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction to Teresa Torres (02:10) Why Claude Code became Teresa’s productivity tool of choice (03:00) The evolution from browser-based AI to terminal-based workflows (04:14) Demo: Creating a personalized task management system (07:52) How the task system works with markdown files and Obsidian (12:56) Quick recap (14:13) Taking notes within tasks for better searchability (15:54) Demo: Automated research digest workflow (19:32) How the research plugin searches and summarizes academic papers (24:43) Filtering overwhelming information sources (29:00) Using small, focused context files instead of one large document (32:58) Claude as a writing partner: review, research, and refinement (35:34) Recap of workflows and lightning round — Tools referenced: • Claude Code: https://claude.ai/ • Obsidian: https://Obsidian.md/ • VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/ • Descript: https://www.descript.com/ • ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/ • Trello: https://trello.com/ — Other references: • Continuous Discovery Habits: https://www.producttalk.org/continuous-discovery-habits/ • Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/ • Claude Code: What It Is, How It’s Different, and Why Non-Technical People Should Use It: *https://www.producttalk.org/claude-code-what-it-is-and-how-its-different — Where to find Teresa Torres: Blog: https://producttalk.org/ Podcast: https://justnowpossible.com/ Book: [https://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Discovery-Habits-Discover-Products/dp/[redacted phone]](https://www.amazon.com/Continuous-Discovery-Habits-Discover-Products/dp/[redacted phone]) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresatorres/ — Where to find Claire Vo: ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo — Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [redacted email].