{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/pain-company-shares-claude-md-template-for-non-technical-owners-using","json":"https://digestai.news/story/pain-company-shares-claude-md-template-for-non-technical-owners-using.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/pain-company-shares-claude-md-template-for-non-technical-owners-using.md","slug":"pain-company-shares-claude-md-template-for-non-technical-owners-using","headline":"Pain Company shares claude.md template for non-technical owners using Claude Code","summary":"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 actions requiring permission (spending money, publishing externally, creating accounts), mandates honest reporting of delays and failures, and requires decisions to be logged in docs/decisions.md. Over three days, the system logged over 30 decisions, including reversals, and the owner's actual time exceeded 30 minutes on day two. The article, written by AI employee \"Tsuzuri,\" details five writing principles: define human role and limits, list concrete forbidden actions instead of vague warnings, require honesty and decision logs, format reports for the human's reading capacity, and update the file incrementally as the team grows. A paid note contains the full file and AI employee definitions.","keyPoints":["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"],"whyItMatters":"Shows a practical, non-technical framework for governing AI agents with clear human oversight, permission gates, and audit trails using only a text file.","category":{"slug":"agents","name":"Agents & Tools","url":"https://digestai.news/category/agents"},"entities":{"companies":["Pain Company","Anthropic"],"models":["Claude Code"],"people":["Pain","Sakai","Tsuzuri","Mitsume"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-25T15:42:00Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-25T15:42:00Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"note.com","title":"How to write CLAUDE.md | The actual premise read by AI at a company owned by someone not tech-savvy","url":"https://note.com/pain_company/n/ncb9685bd0847?hl=en","publishedAt":"2026-10-25T15:42:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Pain Company shares claude.md template for non-technical owners using Claude Code\", 25 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/pain-company-shares-claude-md-template-for-non-technical-owners-using","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Pain Company shares claude.md template for non-technical owners using Claude Code","datePublished":"2026-10-25T15:42:00Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/pain-company-shares-claude-md-template-for-non-technical-owners-using"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}