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 "id": "me-md-short-core-writer",
 "type": "skill",
 "name": "me.md short-core writer",
 "summary": "Give it your me.md. Get a short version for your AI's settings box and where to put it in each AI you use.",
 "headline": "me.md short-core writer",
 "subhead": "Paste your me.md. It writes a short core of about 1,200 characters that fits the settings box in your AI. Then it tells you where the short core and the full file go in ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Gemini and Cursor.",
 "job": {
  "id": "set-up-ai",
  "name": "Set up AI to work for you"
 },
 "level": "beginner",
 "thinking": "low",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-10-28",
 "first_published": "2026-10-27",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "me_file",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Me file",
   "what": "your me.md: who you are, your work, projects, voice and preferences, with dates"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "me_file",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Me file",
   "what": "your me.md: who you are, your work, projects, voice and preferences, with dates"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your me.md",
  "The AI apps you use (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A short core of about 1,200 characters, with its count",
  "Where to put the short core and the full file in each AI",
  "The same text, to use as the Core section of your me.md"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You just made your me.md and want every AI you use to know it.",
  "Your AI's settings box is full or out of date.",
  "You use Claude Code or Cursor and want them to know you in every project."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You don't have a me.md yet: use the me.md builder.",
  "Your me.md itself is out of date: run the me.md refresher first."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your me.md",
   "The AI apps you use (optional)"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "SHORT CORE",
    "contains": "About 1,200 characters on who you are, your goals, how you like answers and what to avoid, with the count."
   },
   {
    "name": "WHERE TO PUT IT",
    "contains": "For ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Gemini and Cursor, where the short core and the full file go."
   },
   {
    "name": "CORE FOR YOUR me.md",
    "contains": "The same text, to replace the Core section if you want."
   },
   {
    "name": "LEFT OUT",
    "contains": "Live facts and anything cut for length."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "SHORT CORE (<n> characters)\n<the short core, ready to paste>\n\nWHERE TO PUT IT\nChatGPT: short core -> <where>. Full me.md -> <where>.\nClaude: short core -> <where>. Full me.md -> <where>.\nClaude Code: <~/.claude/CLAUDE.md line>\nGemini: <Gem instructions and file>\nCursor: <user rules>\n\nCORE FOR YOUR me.md\n<the same text>\n\nLEFT OUT: <live facts, anything cut>\nCHECKS MISSED: <one line each, or none>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Start a chat with the skill. Open it if you added it to your AI, or copy it and paste it in.",
  "Paste your me.md and name the AI apps you use.",
  "Check the short core. Every line should be true and still current.",
  "Follow the guide for each AI. If a menu has moved, search the app's help for custom instructions."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The short core is about 1,200 characters or less, and the count is shown.",
  "Every line is in your me.md. Nothing is added or made to sound grander.",
  "No projects or this month's priorities in the short core.",
  "The guide covers each AI you use."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "me.md refresher",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-refresher",
   "why": "Set up AI to work for you"
  }
 ],
 "source": null,
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Custom instructions for ChatGPT",
   "by": "OpenAI Help Center",
   "url": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/8096356-custom-instructions-for-chatgpt",
   "used": "Where the short core goes in ChatGPT, and why it must be short"
  },
  {
   "title": "Projects in ChatGPT",
   "by": "OpenAI Help Center",
   "url": "https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10169521-projects-in-chatgpt",
   "used": "Keeping the full file as a project file in ChatGPT"
  },
  {
   "title": "What are projects?",
   "by": "Anthropic, Claude Help Center",
   "url": "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9517075-what-are-projects",
   "used": "Keeping the full file in a Claude project's knowledge"
  },
  {
   "title": "How Claude remembers your project",
   "by": "Anthropic, Claude Code docs",
   "url": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/memory",
   "used": "The user-level CLAUDE.md that loads in every project, and importing another file into it"
  },
  {
   "title": "Upload Google Docs and other file types to Gem instructions",
   "by": "Google Workspace Updates",
   "url": "https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/11/upload-google-docs-and-other-file-types-to-gems.html",
   "used": "Adding the full file to a Gem"
  },
  {
   "title": "Rules",
   "by": "Cursor docs",
   "url": "https://docs.cursor.com/context/rules",
   "used": "User rules that apply in every Cursor project"
  }
 ],
 "files": [],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-short-core-writer",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-short-core-writer.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-short-core-writer.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/me-md-short-core-writer/SKILL.md",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/me-md-short-core-writer",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/skill/me-md-short-core-writer",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
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