Summary  
This chapter covers how to programmatically create and organize directories and markdown files to capture structured metadata.  

General domain of usage  
Learning goal tracking

Before Claude can track any of that, it needs to know exactly what you're working on. "Get better at Excel" isn't specific enough to check progress against.

**What the Goal Needs**

* **The skill** — precise, not broad. "Pivot tables and XLOOKUP for monthly reporting," not "Excel";
* **Why** — your job, a promotion, whatever it is. It shapes what "better" means;
* **Current level** — so week one isn't spent re-teaching things you already know;
* **Deadline** — if there's a real one, it changes the pace.



> ## Task
> Ask Claude to capture your learning goal in your workspace:
>
> > <b>Set up my workspace with a goals folder. In it, create a file called learning-goal.md capturing: the skill I want to learn ([your skill]), why I'm learning it, my current experience level, and any deadline or target I have.
>
> Open the file that Claude creates **above** by using the folder icon labeled `Show File Tree` and verify that it actually matches your description.

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