Scaffold Reference

Client Workspace · How We Set It Up

One Scaffold.
Every Client on the Same Operating System.

How Storystak AI structures a client workspace. Every engagement is self-contained, with its own read-only Vault, team workspace, and governance. All obey the same rules, so Claude behaves predictably inside every client.

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One folder per client One isolated Vault each Skills + plugins per Vault Vault writes: owner only
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01.The Big Picture

A workspace root sits at the top. Client engagements branch from it as siblings, on the same scaffold at every stage of maturity. The structure underneath never changes.

Workspace Root / root
Workspace-wide rules · Shared skills library · Client siblings below
CLAUDE.md CONTEXT.md Skills/
Client A
Established engagement
Mature
Vault Fully populated
Positioning, personas, voice, validated copy, skills, plugins
Shared Deliverables · Reports
Draft → Review → Release pipeline live
Personal Per teammate
One sandbox per person on the account
Production Steady cadence
Client B
Active build
Growing
Vault Populating
Brand guidelines, services, copy, and strategy going in
Shared Reports
Vault-updates queue live
Personal Per teammate
Same template as siblings
Active build Buildout in progress
Client C
Early stage
Early
Vault Partial
Brand identity in; positioning still being defined
Shared Reports · Web
First deliverables in progress
Personal Per teammate
Same template as siblings
Onboarding Positioning phase
Client D
Scaffold only
New
Vault Empty shell
Folder structure created; content TBD
Shared Reports
Vault-updates queue ready
Personal Per teammate
Same template as siblings
Just created Awaiting kickoff
Vault: read-only reference
Shared: team deliverables
Personal: individual workspaces
Governance: CLAUDE.md, identity rules
Mature
Growing
Early / new

02.Anatomy of a Vault

Every Vault is the client's canonical reference: the one place Claude trusts for facts about that brand. Each ships with its own skills/ and plugins/ libraries, so brand-specific tooling travels with the engagement.

The Vault

Read-only · Permission-protected · One editor: the workspace owner
_The Vault/
├─CLAUDE.mdVault read rules
├─README.mdcontents map
├─Brand Assets/logos, fonts, color tokens
├─Company Reference/positioning · personas · voice
├─skills/
│  └─INDEX.mdbrand-specific .skill packages
└─plugins/
   └─INDEX.mdbrand-specific plugins

Read freely

Claude pulls voice, personas, positioning, validated copy, and brand tokens from the Vault, not from training memory or cross-client assumptions.

Never write directly

Two-layer protection: CLAUDE.md instructions plus storage permissions. Claude won't edit a Vault file for anyone but the verified workspace owner.

Log change requests

Anyone else's edits land in Shared/Reports/_Vault-updates.md as Pending. The owner reviews the queue and applies them.

Capabilities travel here

Each Vault carries its own skills/ and plugins/ libraries. Trigger language propagates to three places: the file frontmatter, the folder INDEX.md, and the client's CLAUDE.md "Available Vault Capabilities" section.

03.How We Refine Your Vault

A Vault is only as good as the knowledge inside it. Four steps take it from the files you already have to a voice interview that fills in what only you know. No blank-page homework.

1

Start With Your Files

Brand guides, decks, site copy, service docs: what you already have seeds the Vault. Nothing starts from scratch.

You hand off, we take it from there
2

Storystak Deep Dive

We research your brand end to end, your materials plus your public footprint, and structure it into the Vault's canonical files. Anything unverified is logged as a gap, never guessed.

Gaps logged, not guessed
3

Question Guide

The gaps become a short, prioritized question list: only what research can't answer, ordered by impact.

Only what you alone can answer
4

Storystak Bot

Answer by talking. A voice interviewer works through your question guide; answers come back as Vault updates you approve.

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04.The Storystak Bot

The last step of refinement is a conversation, not a form. The Bot interviews you by voice, and your Vault gets sharper every time you talk to it.

Voice Interviewer

Your Vault Asks.
You Just Talk.

Open your private link, enter your PIN, and talk for a few minutes. The Bot works through your question guide, and every answer lands in your review queue as a pending Vault update.

  • Don't have the answer? Your client does. Send them the same link; their answers land in the same review queue, and you still approve every change.
  • Asked once, never again. A filed answer retires its question for good. Every session picks up where you left off.
  • You approve every change. The Bot never writes to your Vault. A person signs off on every update.
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05.Vault Powered OutputExample: DTC Growth Agency

Voice in one paragraph

Confident, plain-spoken, operator-to-operator. The brand sounds like a sharp growth lead explaining how things work, not a salesperson or a brand poet. Calm and declarative: short truths stated as fact, then what they do about it. No hype, no jargon for its own sake. Confidence comes from specificity and numbers, not adjectives.

Tone attributes

  • Confident, not boastful: states capability plainly; no "world-class" or "revolutionary."
  • Plain & direct: simple words, real explanations, no buzzword soup.
  • Operator-credible: talks process and systems like a practitioner.
  • Calm authority: no urgency tricks, no fake scarcity.
  • Partner-minded: "an extension of your team," never vendor framing.
  • Outcome-anchored: revenue, ROAS, retention, CAC.

Signature sentence patterns

  • The contrast statement: name the wrong way, then the right way: "We don't run ads. We engineer growth systems."
  • Plain truth, then the fix: a hard reality stated flat, then what they do about it.
  • The "more than" qualifier: "requires more than simply launching ads."
  • The short fragment: one-liners that land like a stamp: "Creative that converts."
  • Named, ordered process steps: bold step name, then a sentence or two.

Vocabulary

Use: growth engine, growth systems, engineer, scale, DTC, paid media, performance creative, customer acquisition, CAC, ROAS, LTV, retention, founder-led, data-driven, roadmap, hands-on, extension of your team.

Avoid: synergy, cutting-edge, world-class, revolutionary, disrupt, ninja/rockstar/guru, vague "unlock your potential," unbacked superlatives, heavy exclamation points.

Messaging pillars

  • Systems, not ads. Anyone can run ads; they build the engine.
  • Founder-led = closer, faster, accountable. Small team, no management layers, senior people doing the work.
  • Built specifically for DTC. Not a generalist agency: deep, category-specific experience.
  • Measured the way clients measure. Success = revenue, ROAS, retention. Full transparency.

CTA style

Warm, momentum-oriented, low-pressure. The recurring family: "Let's Grow Together," "Book a Free Strategy Call," "Let's Get To Work." Invitational and specific, with no countdown urgency.

Sample 1: New Service Page
Headline

Turn First Orders Into Repeat Revenue

Most brands spend everything on the first sale and nothing on the second. Lifecycle marketing changes that, turning one-time buyers into revenue that compounds.

Acquisition gets you customers. Retention is what makes them profitable.

As CAC keeps rising, the brands that scale aren't the ones spending more to acquire; they're the ones keeping the customers they already paid for.

That's what lifecycle marketing does. Email, SMS, and retention flows that bring customers back, raise LTV, and grow revenue without adding a dollar of ad spend.

We build that system in four steps:

  • Map the Journey: find where revenue leaks between first order and second.
  • Build the Flows: welcome, post-purchase, replenishment, win-back, segmented.
  • Test & Refine: subject lines, timing, offers, segments, continuously.
  • Scale What Works: winning sequences become a revenue channel that runs on its own.

Sample 2: Short Social Caption

Your best growth channel isn't a new platform. It's the customers you already have.

We build the lifecycle systems that turn first orders into repeat revenue, no extra ad spend required.

Let's grow together.


Why this sounds on-brand
Voice ruleWhere it shows up
Contrast statement"Acquisition gets you customers. Retention is what makes them profitable."
Plain truth, then the fix"Most brands spend everything on the first sale…"
Named, ordered stepsMap → Build → Test → Scale
Outcome-anchored vocabularyCAC, LTV, ad spend, repeat purchase
CTA voice"Let's grow together."
No hype / no fake urgencyZero superlatives throughout

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