Lenny's Newsletter · Claire Vo
podcastplaybookHow I turned Claude into a self-improving PM assistant | Daniel Blum (PM, Melio)
31 August 2026Product
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About Lenny's NewsletterListen now | 🎙️ PM Daniel Blum walks through the exact Cowork and Claude setup that manages his Notion, tracks his tasks across Slack and email, and self-improves every week without him lifting a finger
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Apollo layer
What a founder can learn
Founder takeaway
Treat an AI assistant as an operating system, not a standalone chatbot: connect it to the places where work already happens, such as your task manager, team messages, and email, then add a recurring feedback loop that improves how it organizes and prioritizes work.
Why it matters
An assistant that captures context across existing tools can reduce coordination overhead and prevent commitments from being lost. A regular improvement cycle also makes the workflow more useful over time instead of leaving the founder dependent on repeated manual prompting.
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Put it to work
Choose one recurring workflow this week—such as capturing action items—and ask: Which tools contain the relevant context, what should the assistant produce, and what weekly review would help it improve safely?