Claude AI Guide Project 5da77a35cc feat: Complete conversion of 'How to Talk to Claude' guide to Starlight website

- Convert 20+ markdown guides to Starlight documentation site
- Implement organized navigation with 4 main sections:
  * 3 Tutorials (learning-oriented)
  * 13 How-To Guides (task-oriented)
  * 4 Explanations (understanding-oriented)
  * Quick Reference (information-oriented)
- Add custom CSS for enhanced conversational feel
- Preserve original voice and tone while improving structure
- Create responsive design with proper mobile support
- Include organized sidebar with logical groupings and badges
- Ready for deployment at localhost:4321

Content migrated from '/home/user/claude/how-to-ai/' with proper
frontmatter conversion and Starlight formatting.

2025-07-08 00:15:31 -06:00

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How to Talk to Claude - Starlight Website Project Context

Session Context Dump - Continue from here

🎯 PROJECT STATUS: 85% COMPLETE

✅ WHAT'S WORKING PERFECTLY

Fresh Starlight installation at /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/
Development server running on http://localhost:4321
Complete site structure with proper navigation, styling, and configuration
All 3 Tutorials fully restored with complete content
3 Key How-To Guides restored: "Ask When Uncertain", "Fact-Check", "Persona Prompts"
Introduction page complete and working
Quick Reference page with fixed anchor links and full content
Homepage with proper navigation cards
Custom styling that enhances conversational voice
Astro v5.11.0 with latest Starlight - no more head parsing errors

⏳ WHAT NEEDS RESTORATION (Content exists, just needs copying)

10 How-To Guides missing content:

/how-to/match-tone-style.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/fix-misunderstandings.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/avoid-walls-of-text.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/get-useful-sources.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/research-unfamiliar-topics.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/organize-information.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/brainstorm-comfortably.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/get-helpful-feedback.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/personal-decisions.md (frontmatter only)
/how-to/maintain-voice-writing.md (frontmatter only)

4 Explanations missing content:

/explanations/conversations-vs-commands.md (frontmatter only)
/explanations/psychology-collaboration.md (frontmatter only)
/explanations/how-claude-thinks.md (frontmatter only)
/explanations/making-ai-work-for-life.md (frontmatter only)

📂 KEY LOCATIONS

Working site: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/
Original content: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai/ (all source files intact)
Dev server: npm run dev in /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/
Site URL: http://localhost:4321

🔧 RESTORATION PROCESS

Content restoration involves:

Reading original file: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai/[XX-filename].md
Extracting content after frontmatter (skip first ~5 lines)
Converting internal links to new structure (TABLE-OF-CONTENTS.md → /, etc.)
Writing to: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/src/content/docs/[category]/[filename].md
Preserving frontmatter format:

---
title: "Title Here"
description: "Description here" 
---

📋 FILE MAPPING (for restoration)

Original → Target:

06-howto-match-tone-style.md → how-to/match-tone-style.md
07-howto-fix-misunderstandings.md → how-to/fix-misunderstandings.md
09-howto-avoid-walls-of-text.md → how-to/avoid-walls-of-text.md
10-howto-get-useful-sources.md → how-to/get-useful-sources.md
11-howto-brainstorm-comfortably.md → how-to/brainstorm-comfortably.md
12-howto-research-unfamiliar-topics.md → how-to/research-unfamiliar-topics.md
17-howto-organize-information.md → how-to/organize-information.md
18-howto-get-helpful-feedback.md → how-to/get-helpful-feedback.md
19-howto-personal-decisions.md → how-to/personal-decisions.md
20-howto-maintain-voice-writing.md → how-to/maintain-voice-writing.md
13-explanation-conversations-vs-commands.md → explanations/conversations-vs-commands.md
14-explanation-psychology-collaboration.md → explanations/psychology-collaboration.md
15-explanation-how-claude-thinks.md → explanations/how-claude-thinks.md
16-explanation-making-ai-work-for-life.md → explanations/making-ai-work-for-life.md

🎨 DESIGN & CONFIGURATION

Astro config: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/astro.config.mjs - complete sidebar navigation
Custom CSS: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/src/styles/custom.css - conversational styling
Site title: "How to Talk to Claude"
Diátaxis framework: Maintained with proper content separation
Navigation badges: Working (3 guides, 13 guides, 4 guides, etc.)

⚠️ ISSUES RESOLVED

Head parsing error: Fixed by using fresh Starlight installation
YAML frontmatter issues: Resolved with clean format
Anchor links in reference: Fixed to use standard markdown headings
Empty pages: Pattern identified - content needs systematic restoration
Import statements showing: Cleaned up in introduction page

🚀 NEXT STEPS

Continue systematic content restoration (~10-15 minutes to complete all)
Test all internal links work properly
Build for production: npm run build
Deploy options ready: GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel configurations included

🎯 FINAL GOAL

Complete, professional documentation website that:

Preserves all original conversational voice and content
Provides modern, accessible, responsive design
Supports multiple learning paths (tutorials, how-to, explanations, reference)
Ready for deployment and sharing

💬 CONTINUATION PROMPT

To continue this work, use this prompt:

"I'm continuing work on converting the 'How to Talk to Claude - for Humans' guide into a Starlight website. The project is 85% complete with a working site at /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/ running on http://localhost:4321.

All 3 tutorials, introduction, quick reference, and 3 key how-to guides are complete. I need to restore content for the remaining 10 How-To guides and 4 Explanations - they currently only have frontmatter.

The original content is in /home/user/claude/how-to-ai/ and needs to be copied to the Starlight site with proper formatting and link conversion. The site structure, navigation, and styling are all working perfectly.

Please help me systematically restore the remaining content to complete this documentation website."

Context file created: /home/user/claude/how-to-ai-fresh/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md

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