Module 1 · Open your website & meet Claude Code

Open your website folder (with its instructions file)

Everything you do lives in one folder — all of your website’s files in a single place. Let’s get that folder onto your computer and open it in Claude Code. This is your safe workspace: Claude only ever touches files inside the folder you open.

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Step 1 — Put your website folder on your Desktop

• If Evolvv built your site: we sent you a .zip file with all your website’s files. Save it to your Desktop, then unzip it (right-click → “Extract All” on Windows, or double-click on Mac). You’ll get a folder with your website inside.
• If you have your own site’s files: make sure they’re all together in one folder on your Desktop. If your site is currently on GitHub, don’t worry — you can also just tell Claude “my website is on GitHub” in the next lesson and it will help you download it.

Step 2 — Open the folder in Claude Code

• Desktop app: start a new session and, where it asks which folder to work in (the “project folder”), choose your website folder. Not sure where that setting is? Just ask Claude “how do I open my project folder?” — it’ll point you to it.
• Terminal: type cd Desktop/my-website (use your folder’s name) then claude.

Step 3 — Add the instructions file (so Claude knows how to help you)

This is the secret ingredient. It’s a small file called CLAUDE.md that sits in your website folder and quietly tells Claude Code exactly how to work with you: that you’re not technical, to explain every step in plain English, to ask questions often, and to always preview changes before publishing.

To add it yourself: download CLAUDE.md above and move it into the top level of your website folder (the same place as the other files). That’s it.