Build a Claude Code Personal OS Step by Step in 40 Minutes | Moritz Kremb

About this episode

Moritz Kremb discusses building a personal OS using Claude Code, covering setup, tools, and automation.

Moritz is an AI founder who built a personal OS in Claude Code to manage his emails, create content, and even buy groceries. In this episode, he walks through everything you need to set up your own: folder structure, tools, memory loops, skills, and routines. We also talked about the pros and cons of OpenClaw vs. Claude Code. Moritz and I talked about: (00:00) The honest tradeoffs: OpenClaw vs. Claude Code (09:03) Why Moritz switched to Claude Code (15:40) The folder structure that runs Moritz's entire OS (20:03) The memory loop that makes Claude Code remember everything (23:47) CLI vs. MCP vs. API: which to pick and why it matters (26:02) Skills walkthrough: automated grocery runs and video uploads (29:03) Local vs. remote routines (and when to use each) (31:51) The full content pipeline from idea to posted video (41:43) Tips to start building your first personal OS Thanks to our sponsors: Linear: The AI agent platform for modern teams https://linear.app/behind-the-craft Wispr Flow: Don't type, just speak https://ref.wisprflow.ai/peteryang Oceans: Hire AI-native EAs http://oceanstalent.com/peter Get the takeaways…

People in this episode

Host: Peter Yang

Guest: Moritz Kremb

Topics covered

• personal OS
• Claude Code
• AI tools
• email management
• content creation
• grocery automation
• folder structure

Keywords

• Claude Code
• personal OS
• email management
• content pipeline
• grocery automation
• folder structure
• memory loops

Sponsors

Linear, Wispr Flow, Oceans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Claude Code, OpenClaw

Books & works: Behind the Craft

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