Platform · easy
Load the records into Claude
Recommended pack — Claude Records Pack (Compact); paid plans can use the Full Records.
Setup steps
step 01
Create a Claude Project
Claude → Projects → New. A Project keeps custom instructions, uploaded files, and chat history together.
step 02
Upload the Claude Records Pack
Add the Claude pack to the Project's knowledge. Lighter plans should stay on the Compact pack; paid plans can swap in the Full Records.
step 03
Set the project instructions
Paste READER_PROTOCOL.md into the Project's custom instructions field. This pins reader expectations across every chat.
step 04
Begin a reading session
Start a new chat and paste the starter prompt. Ask Claude to begin on the Settlement Floor and to cite the record behind every claim.
Starter prompt
I am reading Island of Strangers, a literary speculative series told through records. Read README_FIRST.md, READER_PROTOCOL.md, CHARTER.md, and ROUTE_GUIDE.md first. Act as the reading interface, not the author. Do not invent canon. Do not summarize the whole book at once. Guide me through the story one record at a time. Start in the Settlement Floor route for Book I. After each beat, offer me a character record (a person's view), a ledger or record to examine, or the next moment on the island.
Copy this into the platform after uploading the Claude Records Pack.
Notes & limits
- Claude Projects are self-contained workspaces — chat history plus a knowledge base of uploaded files.
- Paid Claude plans extend project knowledge with retrieval when the conversation nears the context limit, so the Full Records become viable.
- Strong at long-form citation. Particularly good for Mateo's Ledger and Translation Room routes.
- If you hit attachment limits, split into per-book folders or drop down to the Compact pack.
Not affiliated with Claude. The platform name is used only to describe the compatible way to load and read the records.