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App Board

Every app, from idea to live.

Apps move Experiment → Incubating → Operational. The whole framework — dev app, dev database, CI, previews, the plan board, approvals — is built while an app is Incubating, with production built but dark. Going live flips it on.

Not live yet
Incubatingreal data · prod dark

Runs on real data in its own database, from day one. Backed up nightly; gates arrive at go-live.

Experimentprod ✕ none

Throwaway. Dev data only, no production. Promote it or let it lapse.

Live

prod ● live
The team depends on these. Merges to main deploy straight to production — gates enforced.
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Why this shape. An experiment graduates the moment someone commits to building it for real, a second person relies on it, or it touches real data — that's when it earns a parallel dev app and enters Incubating. Approvals scale with risk automatically: no production, no gates; production live, gates on.
Master board

Every project's plan, one view

A card lives on its app's own Plan board — this tab shows the same cards together: filter, search, drag between columns, tick the circle to complete in place, click to edit. New cards are added on an app's board, or from any Claude Code session ("add a todo to Terminal's inbox").

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Parked thoughts and half-formed ideas live on the Idea Board →

Idea Board

Park a thought before it becomes work

Nothing here is scheduled. A card becomes a task the moment it moves onto an app's Plan board.

First-time login

Start here — how it works, and your setup.

Everything you need to go from zero to shipping. Read how it works, do the one-time setup, connect your first project — then you're working. About 10 minutes the first time; seconds every day after.

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How it all works

The Codespace is your environment — a cloud computer with the app running. Claude Desktop is your interface — you connect it to that workspace and build by talking. Nothing runs on your laptop; production data never reaches you.

01

One link, one sign-in

Open rivent.dev and sign in with your @slw.vc email. Bookmark it — it's the front door to every project.

02

A Codespace is your environment

GitHub builds a cloud workspace from the repo's .devcontainer — dependencies and dev-database wired up, identical for everyone. It runs on practice data; production is never injected. You never open the browser editor — you reach the workspace through Claude Desktop.

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Claude Desktop is your interface

The native Claude app connects to that workspace over SSH. You get the Claude interface, with the real running environment behind it — one place to work.

04

Build by describing

Tell Claude what you want in plain English. It runs inside the Codespace — sees the real code, runs the app, uses the dev database.

05

Reviewed & persistent

Changes are reviewed before they go live, and the workspace persists — reconnect tomorrow right where you left off.

Stays open while
You're working
Idle-suspends after ~30 min, resumes on reconnect.
Compute cost
~$0.18 / hr
Billed to the org only while active. Auto-suspends.
Your Claude plan
Separate bill
You sign into Claude Desktop with your own account.
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Set up your machine

Show steps for:
Once, ever

One command, then Claude Desktop

~10 minutes, one time
1

Run one command to build your workspace

It installs what's needed, signs you into GitHub (your browser opens — click Authorize, maybe twice), and builds your personal SLW Workspace in the cloud with every app you have access to already inside.

Press the Windows key, type powershell, Enter, then paste:

> irm rivent.dev/setup | iex

Open the Terminal app, then paste:

$ curl -fsSL rivent.dev/setup | bash

Safe to re-run any time — it repairs whatever's missing.

2

Install Claude Desktop & sign in

Download the Claude desktop app and sign in with your own Claude plan (Pro or Max). This is your interface for every project.

3

Connect & open a project

Each work session you open a secure link, then pick the app you want.

Each session

~15 seconds

3

Open your secure link

In PowerShell, run this and leave the window open — wait for the big TUNNEL OPEN box, then minimize it:

> irm rivent.dev/connect | iex

This opens the tunnel that lets Claude Desktop reach your workspace. Closing it (or a reboot) disconnects — just run it again next session.

Nothing to open

On Mac, Claude Desktop connects to your workspace directly — no command needed. Go straight to the next step.

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Connect it in Claude Desktop

Click the environment pill (bottom of the Code window) → your SLW Workspace connection. First time only: + Add SSH connection and enter these (also saved on your Desktop as Rivent-Workspace-Connection.txt):

highlighted = what you type indashed = swap in your own value
SSH Host
codespace@localhostcs.your-workspace.mainThe same for everyone on Windows.the name gh codespace list shows.
Port
2222leave emptyYour workspace's secure port.Nothing to enter on Mac.
Identity
C:\Users\you\.ssh\codespaces.auto/Users/you/.ssh/codespaces.autothe full path setup printed (your username in place of you).
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Open your app folder

When Select Remote Folder appears, clear the box, type /workspaces, click Go, then click into your app and Select Folder:

terminal
Terminal
podcast
Podcast
lpflow
LP Flow
slide-library
Slide Library
dealflow-app
Deal Flow
marketing-hub
Marketing Hub
portfolio
Portfolio Analytics
termsheet
Term Sheet Analysis

You'll only see the apps you have access to. To switch apps later, reopen the folder picker.

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Then, every day

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Describe what you want, in plain English

Claude runs inside the workspace — it sees the real code, can run the app on the dev database, and makes the change. Your work goes up as a reviewed change; nobody edits the live app directly.

terminal › Add a "last contacted" date to the investor list and sort by it.

Coming back after a restart? Your workspace, sign-in, and Claude Desktop connection all stay saved — just re-run irm rivent.dev/connect | iex (Windows) to reopen the link, then open Claude Desktop.

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One quick command each session. On Windows you run connect when you sit down (~15s); everything else is already saved. (SLW work laptops block auto-start, so this stays a manual step — Mac connects without it.)

That's it — you're set up.

Each session: run connect (Windows), open Claude Desktop, pick your app under /workspaces, build.