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Scott Farrar set up a local AI system to process personal documents and provide answers based strictly on personal data. Providing Claude Code direct access to local markdown files ensures the system preserves a permanent memory across chat sessions.
Basing AI outputs on verified facts gives Scott Farrar confidence in the returned advice.
“I wanted to build a system where I was confident that AI was grounded in my truth and knowing what it knows about me so that I could be confident in what advice it was giving me back…”
Scott Farrar asked Claude Code to define exactly what home information to gather before building the database.
“When I set this system up, I said to Claude, 'What information should I gather about my house?'”
From Scott Farrar Uses Claude Code to Audit Warranties and Insurance
Scott Farrar configured a system to read and write markdown files on a local hard drive. This local storage allows Claude Code to recall previous conversations during new sessions.
“I built this system that would read and write files, read and write markdown files, so they would have the memory of what we were talking about, and it would be living on my computer so that if I come back later and start a new Claude Code session, it can reference those same files.”
Merging personal home data with insurance quotes in Claude Code isolates specific policy details. The system cross-references asset records against the documents provided by agents.
“With the power of AI, you can read it via that AI, and then I wanted to bring in my own home context and how that system meshed with what the insurance agent was giving me…”
From Scott Farrar Uses Claude Code to Audit Warranties and Insurance
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