THE AI SALES COOKBOOK/SIDES/THE PREPPED KITCHEN

The Prepped Kitchen

GitHub is the hidden prerequisite for AI-native GTM. If you cannot manage a repo, you cannot run a context brain, install skills, or keep your GTM system in one place. Most operators learn this the hard way.

TASTE TEST PASSED · RAN IN PRODUCTION

PREP ~30 MIN · COOK DAYS TO WEEKS · EFFORT MEDIUM · SERVES ANY OPERATOR

MEDIA · THE DISH, COOKED

Walkthrough video: the whole recipe run once, start to plated.

INGREDIENTS

TAP THE BOX WHEN YOU HAVE IT

Your CRM export, or a pasted listthe data the recipe runs on
A version-controlled workspaceours: github-for-gtm · or your ownBUILD THIS INGREDIENT → · SHOP PROVIDERS →
A workspace organizerours: workspace-organizer · or your ownBUILD THIS INGREDIENT → · SHOP PROVIDERS →
A context packours: context-pack · or your ownBUILD THIS INGREDIENT →
A decision logours: decision-log · or your ownBUILD THIS INGREDIENT →
A session closeout habitours: session-closeout · or your ownBUILD THIS INGREDIENT →
One named ownerno substitute exists

MISE EN PLACEYour CRM export, or the pasted data for the accounts in play, in front of you before step one.

Recipe Facts

ONE BUILD PER SERVING

Serves: Any operator
Effort: Medium
Prep time: ~30 min
Cook time: days to weeks
Level: Intermediate
Skills used: 5
Course: Sides · Foundations
Cuisine: Tame the GIANT
Taste test: Eval PASS

DIRECTIONS

1
Run the github for gtm
Learn the mental model and the no-terminal workflow: repos, commits, push, and what to never commit.
COOK WITH A VERSION-CONTROLLED WORKSPACE · OURS: github-for-gtm · OR YOUR OWN
MEDIA · STEP 1 SCREENSHOT
What this step's output looks like
2
Run the workspace organizer
Adapt the starter kit's five-layer scheme to how you actually work: naming, ownership, and what goes where, beyond the default folders it ships with.
COOK WITH A WORKSPACE ORGANIZER · OURS: workspace-organizer · OR YOUR OWN
MEDIA · STEP 2 SCREENSHOT
What this step's output looks like
3
Run the context pack
Put your GTM brain in the repo as CLAUDE.md, read every session.
COOK WITH A CONTEXT PACK · OURS: context-pack · OR YOUR OWN
MEDIA · STEP 3 SCREENSHOT
What this step's output looks like
4
Run the decision log
Use the repo as memory: log the calls so you stop re-deciding them.
COOK WITH A DECISION LOG · OURS: decision-log · OR YOUR OWN
MEDIA · STEP 4 SCREENSHOT
What this step's output looks like
5
Run the session closeout
Commit, push, and verify green, so you never lose work.
COOK WITH A SESSION CLOSEOUT HABIT · OURS: session-closeout · OR YOUR OWN
MEDIA · STEP 5 SCREENSHOT
What this step's output looks like

THE FINISHED DISH · WHAT YOU SERVE

GitHub literacy the operator way, a private repo you run your GTM from, and the habits that keep it clean.

MEDIA · THE PLATED RESULT

The finished deliverable, redacted, exactly as it looks when the recipe is done

GO DEEPER · The full playbook page carries the guide, the proof build, and the receipts. Read it.