Pain Company shares claude.md template for non-technical owners using Claude Code
A Japanese company called Pain Company, founded on October 22, 2026, publishes its actual CLAUDE.md file used to govern AI employees running on Claude Code. The owner, who describes himself as "clumsy" and not tech-savvy, has about 30 minutes per day for oversight. The 32-line file defines the AI's persona as "Pain," sets the owner's role as confirmation and final decisions, lists specific…
What you can do with it
AI at Work →Loads a markdown file at launch to set persona, rules, and logging requirements.
What you get You can define AI roles and human boundaries.
- Who for
- founders and operations
- Cost
- paid from $20
- Effort
- minutes
- Already included in
- Claude Code subscription
Use it for
- Define AI roles and human boundaries
- List actions requiring owner permission
- Log decisions and honest progress reports
How to set it up · From Anthropic’s own page
- Choose a surface like Terminal, VS Code, Desktop app, or Web from the tabs below.
- Install Claude Code using the method for your operating system.
- Start Claude Code in any project directory on your machine.
- Log in when prompted on first use.
Watch out File must be manually updated as team or folders grow
Claude Code in the tool directory · 8 changes covered
Key points from the news
- Pain Company founded Oct 22, 2026, runs on Claude Code with 30-min daily owner oversight
- CLAUDE.md lists specific permission-required actions: spending, publishing, account creation
- Over 30 decisions logged in first 3 days, including reversals and honest time overruns
How to write CLAUDE.md | The actual premise read by AI at a company owned by someone not tech-savvy
note.com · 25 October 2026
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