Set Up Your Capsul
From zero to a working personal dashboard in about 10 minutes. Here's everything you need and every step to get there.
What You Need
MyCapsul/ directory inside it.Download & Set Up
MyCapsul ships as a zip file — everything you need in one download. No installers, no app stores.
Download the Zip
Get mycapsul-v1.5.0.zip from MyCapsul.com. It's a single zip file with everything inside.
Place It in Your Folder
Move the zip file into the folder where you want MyCapsul to live — Documents is a great default. Don't unzip it yet — your agent handles that.
Create Your Capsul
With the zip in your folder, you're one conversation away from a working dashboard.
Open Cowork and Select Your Folder
Open a new Cowork session in Claude Desktop. When prompted, select the folder where you placed the zip file. This tells your agent where MyCapsul lives.
Run Setup
Say "Unzip and set up my MyCapsul". Your agent will handle the unzipping and scaffold the workspace, then start the onboarding conversation.
Walk Through the Onboarding Wizard
When your dashboard opens for the first time, a 5-step setup wizard appears. It walks you through your name, color palette, schedule type, key people, life areas, and financial tracking preferences. Takes about 2 minutes. Every step is skippable — your agent picks up anything you skip in your first conversation.
Open Your Dashboard
After setup, you'll have a file called mycapsul.html in your folder. Open it in any web browser. That's your dashboard — your personal command center, running entirely on your machine.
├── mycapsul.html ← open this in your browser
├── mycapsul-demo.html ← demo version
├── CLAUDE.md ← your agent's personality & protocols
├── seed/ ← your personal knowledge base
│ ├── identity.md
│ ├── schedule.md
│ ├── finances.md
│ ├── health.md
│ └── ...
├── _inbox/ ← drop files here for your agent
├── widgets/ ← add-on widgets
└── .skills/ ← agent skill (auto-loaded)
Your First Real Session
Setup is done. Now what? Here's how a normal session with your Capsul agent works.
Start a Cowork Session
Each time you want to work with your Capsul, open a Cowork session and select your MyCapsul folder. Your agent reads the handoff from your last session and picks up right where you left off.
Talk About Your Life
That's it. Tell your agent what's going on. "I spent $30 on lunch." "I have a meeting Thursday at 3." "My energy is low today." Your agent updates your knowledge base and dashboard in real time.
Not sure what to say? Check out the Prompt Cookbook for dozens of real examples organized by category.
Sync Your Dashboard
When your agent makes changes, they get pushed to a sync file. Open your dashboard and it will pull in the latest data automatically. You'll see updates reflected in your widgets, calendar, budget, and everywhere else.
mycapsul-demo.html to see a pre-populated demo with sample data for a fictional user named Brodie. When you're ready, open the clean mycapsul.html to start your own setup.